(dramatic rock music) (dramatic music continues) (dramatic music continues) - [Narrator] Today the Secret Dealers are let loose in this beautiful home that's packed with an eclectic mix of antiques and collectibles.

There are quality pieces from France, China, even Halifax, and it's all up for grabs.

Topping the dealer's wishlist will be a stunning French 19th century gilt mirror, untouched from the day it was made, and a pair of excellent Regency prints on glass from the early 1800s.

But as well as battling each other, the Dealers are up against homeowner Helen.

- My father, was a great collector of oddities, so I think he's the reason I like things that are not run-of-the-mill unique things.

- [Narrator] As well as Helen's host of beautiful antiques, she's amassed a huge pride of lions.

- Well, I'm a Leo and my nephew Joe, he's a Leo.

He just wanted a lion, and because you can't buy a lion, can you?

Well, if you can, you can't keep each at home.

Not everybody's cup of tea, but it suits me.

(dramatic music) - [Narrator] Fighting tooth and nail to be today's king of the jungle are Tim- - Secret Dealers is like the Grand National.

I would take a punt on anything.

- [Narrator] David.

- Sometimes it's just wonderful to have an object pass through your hands.

- [Narrator] And Karen.

- There isn't a maximum amount.

If I really want it, I'll spend the money.

- [Narrator] They have just one hour to unearth the gems in Helen's collection.

- An hour is a very short window of time and if you don't maximize that, you're not gonna make any money.

- [Narrator] Placing sealed secret bids on anything they like.

- If there's something I want, then I don't take prisoners.

- [Narrator] Then they'll fight a bidding war to buy it.

- Bidding's so nerve wracking 'cause we know each other so well and we all know our weaknesses.

- Right, here we are, girls and boys.

- [David] Oh, oh.

- Van Gogh.

- I'm going- - Van Gogh.

- To the kitchen.

See ya.

- Oh.

- First time she's ever been in the kitchen.

(they laugh) - Timmy, you're so rude about me and kitchens.

It's all true.

- [Narrator] First to reach for their bidding cards, is David.

He's found the lovely 19th century French mirror.

- It's a big gilt, over-mantle mirror, or even a pier mirror.

You know, it would either have gone between two windows, but it's a nice-looking thing.

They love lions in this house, don't they, I've seen lions everywhere I go.

And even this has got a lion mask on it.

It's a little bit knocked about.

Let's put an offer down.

(bright jazz music) - [Narrator] Bid number one for the mirror.

- [David] Wonderful.

- [Narrator] Tim's tempted Karen back out of the kitchen to check out a Georgian mahogany long case clock.

- [Tim] Tell me about it, Karen.

- Well, it's- - She is an expert.

- [Karen] I think it's a Yorkshire case.

You can tell by the style of the case, it's a Yorkshire case.

This is a typical wide flame mahogany.

- What are you trying to say about people from Yorkshire?

(she laughs) Wide?

- Cross banded, very nice painted dial.

- [Tim] How much is it worth, Karen?

- Well that's the problem.

I'm not gonna say a price 'cause that would give away my bid, Mr. Hogarth.

Is that what you were trying- - Oh right.

- [Narrator] You can't trick Karen, Tim.

(whimsical music) Two bids down on the clock.

Any takers for the fake lion's head?

- That would look fantastic on your stand.

- Do you think so?

- I do.

- I beg to differ.

(Tim chuckles) - [Narrator] That's a no then.

Upstairs, David's found some real antiques.

The fabulous Regency glass prints.

- They both date about 1800, 1805, that sort of date.

This one is the Prodigal Son in Misery.

And this is Spring and Summer.

People do collect these early prints under glass.

Quite like those.

I'll make an offer for the two.

- [Narrator] Everyone is gonna want these, and Tim wants the French gilt mirror that David's already bid on.

- And if you're looking at this at home and you're thinking, well look at that mirror and it's all pitted.

This is exactly the look that interior decorators love.

It absolutely ticks all the boxes.

In Georgian times, Victorian times, there's a very thin sheet of mercury.

This has started to deteriorate with age, but it's given it this fantastic look that can tell us that this is not a reproduction mirror.

This is the real McCoy.

- [Narrator] And it's drawing some real competition to buy it.

(upbeat music) - [Tim] Right there is David's.

- [Narrator] More competition for David on the Regency glass prints.

Karen is very keen.

- Oh, I love, love, love, love these.

If you can have a look at the subjects, they're so adorable.

Got the Spring and Summer, and there would've been a whole series of these, you'd have had Autumn and Winter.

The important thing with these is that there isn't any cracks in the glass because they are actually painted on the back of glass.

So the minute the glass cracks you've had it.

There's still a lot of old dinosaurs out there like me, David and Tim that love genuine... Ooh antiques.

I love this.

I love them.

I love them.

- [Narrator] There'll be a real battle for these.

And look out later for a surprise twist in this tale.

Tim stumbled upon some of Helen's Chinese collection.

It's a 1920s embroidered silk kimono.

And again, he wants help.

- David, are you there David?

- I'm not all there, no.

Well they're worth such a lot of money if they've got a bit of age, or if they're Imperial.

Sometimes you get six legs on the dragon.

- Yeah.

- And then they're Imperial and then they can make thousands of pounds.

- [Tim] That's only got five on it then.

- It has.

- Yes.

- [David] Perhaps I should bid on it.

'Cause it's quite nice, isn't it?

- [Narrator] So that's two bids on the kimono.

The dealer's knowledge is being stretched today by Helen's broad range of collectibles.

- Ooh, another smart bedroom.

- [Narrator] Karen's moving in to place a third bid on the 19th century French gilt mirror.

- Have you noticed anything about this mirror?

There's a lion on it.

(chuckles) This glass is also a thinner, a thinner mirror on there.

You often see dealers putting their thumbs up to it to see how thick the glass is and the thicker the mirror, generally speaking, the later the mirror.

I'm so pleased they've kept the original.

- [Narrator] Three bids reflecting the mirror's popularity.

(upbeat music) There's a lot here the Dealers want.

And top of the tree are the two Regency glass prints.

Tim's staking his claim.

- [Tim] You can tell they're Regency because of the dresses.

So she's in what is called the Empire line.

Typical of the 1820s where it's high waisted.

And it was the fashion brought over from France and the Napoleonic Empire.

Really nice social history and they're decorative items as well.

- [Narrator] There's lots to see and very little time left to see it.

David's moving in for the Georgian long case clock.

- What we like are really fine, London clocks with a nice brass face, slim case, little bit earlier.

1780, 1770.

But this is a Victorian big beast.

Still, let's make an offer for it.

Bit of competition.

- [Narrator] Competition is the name of the game.

Karen's weighing in for the silk kimono that the boys already bid on.

- Couldn't give these away a few years ago, but they're quite sought after.

I don't think this one's got massive age to it, but it's very decorative and the condition's really good.

I'll have a little bid.

Can't let the boys have it all their own way.

(uptempo music) - You show 'em girl, the last seconds are ticking away and after an hour of frantic bidding, it seems the battle has just begun.

- I would like to buy the Regency pictures and I'd like to buy your mirror.

- You might have to stump up for that, Mr. Hogarth.

- You're in your, is it dominatrix mood?

(they chuckle) - Easy tiger.

Or is it easy lion?

- [Narrator] Helen's eclectic collection has really excited the Secret Dealers.

- This is a great house because it's got a little bit of something for everybody in this house.

- [Narrator] They all want to take home the lovely Regency glass prints.

- Two fabulous Georgian pictures.

- I'd love to buy those.

I think they're my favorite thing.

- I'm determined to get them.

- [Narrator] But they're walking into the lion's den.

Helen's been collecting since childhood.

- I've always been involved in antiques.

I'll have to try and be hard to see if I can just sort of squeeze another 10 pounds.

- [Narrator] On her side is the secret valuer who's placed sealed estimates on everything the Dealers want.

They're for Helen's eyes only and give her the edge when haggling.

So how much of the dealer's money is on the table?

- In here is the amount that is on offer today.

- Oh lovely.

That looks exciting.

Woo.

(chuckles) (they laugh) - Are you a happy girl?

(Helen laughing) She's dancing.

- 4,347 pounds.

That's my favorite number.

(they laugh) - [Narrator] There's no doubt Helen's a happy bunny, or is that lion?

How will she react to getting her hands on the cash?

Let's get dealing.

(upbeat music) First up, it's the 1920s silk embroidered kimono.

- These things can fetch a lot of money.

It's coming up to a hundred years old.

- Very, very much flavor of ze month.

- It's a beautiful piece to actually have if you've got the room to display it.

I bought it when I was 30, so quite a long time ago I'm afraid.

There's a lot more interesting chinoiserie now than there was.

- Yeah.

- [Helen] But it's still quite a rare thing.

I've never ever seen another one like it.

- Don't know if I've put enough money down now.

- Well when she said chinoiserie, I thought, "Hmm, Tim, it's not a chinoiserie offer, this."

- [David] No.

- My offer for your kimono is 75 pounds.

- Right.

- [David] My offer is 82 pounds.

- Right.

- 82 pounds.

- Yeah.

- My offer is 90 pounds.

- Ooh.

- That's a fair leap.

- We're not that far away, aren't we?

- No.

You obviously think that's about the going rate.

- Can you remember what you paid, Helen?

- And I paid 120 pounds for it.

- Did you?

- 30 years ago.

- Oh, she's just giving her age away now.

(they laugh) - 30 Years ago, 120 pounds.

- [Karen] Well I'm in the chair, guys.

So would you like to improve on that bid?

- Yes.

95.

- 95.

- 100 pounds.

Helen.

- 100 pounds.

- 110, I think.

It might be a little bit older than I really reckon, but.

- It is in very good condition.

- 120, Helen.

- Right.

- Well, you've got your money back now.

- I got my money back now.

(they laugh) - 130 pounds, Helen.

- 130 pounds.

- 140.

(soft dramatic music) - 150 Pounds, Helen for your kimono.

- Right.

- I'm out.

- Right.

I'll have a look at my evaluation.

- [Narrator] David's bid has just hit the low end of the valuation.

Helen won't be tempted by that.

- I think you've got quite a bit of a way to go at the moment.

(tense music) - Really?

- Really.

- That's only an opinion, remember, Helen.

- It's only an opinion, yeah.

- And we were all very close.

Well I will go, you're 150, aren't you?

- Yes.

- I will go 160.

(price tag clicks) - 165.

(price tag clicks) - Hm, you've slowed down.

170, Helen.

(price tag clicks) - [David] 175.

(price tag clicks) (tense music) - 180.

(price tag clicks) - 185, Helen.

(price tag clicks) - I think I might let you and Helen deal actually.

Helen, I'm out.

- Right, I would love to sell it to you for 185 pounds.

- Well, let shake hands.

Wonderful.

Thank you, Helen.

- Thank you very much.

- Thank you.

- It's a lovely piece.

- Well done, David.

- It'd better be.

(they laugh) - [Narrator] Deal done.

How does Helen feel now her 30 year old kimono is about to go go?

- The longer it hangs up, the moths will come and get it in my house.

So I think the deal was a great deal.

- That, because it has a bit of age and it's in good condition, is desirable.

- Good luck to you, David.

I can see you in Surrey swinging around in that.

(bright music) - Up next is a large Victorian gilt wall mirror and two of our dealers are enchanted.

- A fantastic item, just what the market wants.

- It's a good French decorative piece.

Love it.

- [Narrator] But as for David... - I just think it's a great big mirror that will be very difficult for me to sell.

- [Narrator] So mirror mirror on the wall, whose is the strongest bid of all?

- It's original, isn't it.

- Exactly.

And that's a fantastic look.

It's very on trend.

- Mm.

- Shall I start?

- Come on then, let's see your on trend price then.

(chuckles) - Well, it's not that on trend.

I thought this was alright, actually.

My bid for your lovely mirror (dramatic music) is 350 pounds.

- Right.

- My bid is 450 pounds.

- Right.

- I'm embarrassed to show you mine because I'm definitely not on trend.

- Not on trend.

Oh god.

- 120.

- Yes.

(chuckles) - So, I leave it all to these guys.

- [Helen] Right.

- Well Timmy.

- Yeah.

- [Karen] Put your money where your mouth is then really.

- Well, I'll bring my offer up.

460 pounds, Helen.

- Right.

- Well, if I bid 450, I'll go 480, obviously.

(tense music) Careful.

(laughs) - Er... (sighs) 490.

- We're nearly at 500 aren't we?

A round number.

- Oh, are we still a long way away, Helen?

- I think I'll have a look at this for some help.

(tense music) - [Narrator] Tim's bid is just 10 pounds short of the top valuation.

Can Helen push them to offer a little bit more?

- I don't think you're too far away.

- Well, to give us a bit of enthusiasm.

If the price was right, would you sell it?

- Yes.

- Aha.

- Hmm.

Well done, Miss Marple.

- I think if you just upped it to 500, I might say yes.

(Karen laughs) - We're getting some vibes here.

Just a little vibe, you know?

- Let's split the difference.

495.

You're not going to lose it for five pounds, surely?

- Oh Karen, you're not gonna lose it for five pounds are you?

- Erm... - It's a bottle of wine.

A cheap one.

- Do you know what my problem is, Helen?

- I could tell you what your problem is.

(Karen laughs) Have you got all day?

- My problem is I can't move it myself.

- Right.

- And so I, I sell at the big antique fairs and I physically can't carry it.

So I'm going to bow out at this point.

(Tim mimics violin) So Timothy... - Oh, we've got the Sunday name now.

- Are you gonna leave it between you and Helen?

- It's you and me at 490.

- And I would like it for 490, for you to have it.

- Thank you very much.

Thank much.

- Thank you.

(price tag whooshes) - That'll teach you for outbidding me, Mr. Hogarth.

- She thinks that she's dropped that on my toes, but in fact I really wanted to buy that.

- Hogarth's Towers is then.

Another French mirror for him.

(chuckles) - Happy days.

- [Narrator] Well, Tim got one over on Karen by buying one of her favorites, a watercolor of a dog for 115 pounds.

- Good doggy.

- You're very, very, very mean.

- [Narrator] And David bagged a nice 19th century oriental chest.

But everyone was cool on the Georgian mahogany long case clock.

- It's a beast of a clock.

- Big, heavy, they're not worth the money they once were.

- I have 10 at the moment, but you can never have too much of a good thing.

- [Narrator] Karen outbid the others by a hundred pounds.

- I thought you'd bid more.

- Did you?

- [Narrator] And Helen fair had her arm off.

- [Karen] Do you want another opinion, Helen?

- No, I'm happy to sell it to you for 380 pounds.

- You're not even gonna look at your card?

- I'm not going to look, no.

- So I've got another long case clock going home.

- You have!

(they laugh) - Cheers for that.

- That was the one I particularly wanted to go.

- I've got to find that yet another little space at home for yet another long case.

(laughs) That one might end in the loo.

(chuckles) - [Narrator] Let's hope any profit doesn't go down the pan then, Karen.

Helen's last item is the pair of 19th century prints on glass.

These have our dealers gushing with compliments.

- They're divine.

Absolutely divine.

I love them.

- I want those.

I shall fight to get them.

- It will be a hard battle.

There could be blood.

It might be mine.

- [Narrator] Well who knew Secret Dealers had blood to spill?

Let battle commence.

- Are they something you've bought or you've inherited or?

- They're just pieces that have been in the family for a long time.

- Let's cut to the chase, shall we?

- Let's crack on.

- Let's do it.

- Shall we?

My offer for them is 145 pounds.

(tense music) - Right.

- My offer for them is 160 pounds.

- Right.

- That's pretty amazing that we've all bid independently and I am 155 pounds.

- Good Lord.

We all know the market.

It just depends how much we can try and earn out of them.

Is always the challenge, you know.

- It is a challenge.

Yes.

- I like them enough to offer you 175.

- Ooh.

- Right.

- [Karen] Oh, I really like these.

I can't believe you've bid.

I thought that was a really good, strong bid.

- [Tim] Well, I thought that that was a strong bid.

- Well, it's stronger than mine.

(tense music) 180 pounds.

- 185 pounds, Helen.

- I'll give you 200 pounds for the two.

- I knew you were gonna do that.

- They are very attractive.

- I like them.

- [Helen] They're very attractive.

- 210.

Begrudging.

- 220, Helen.

(tense music) (David sighs) - 230 Pounds, Helen.

- We all know there's nothing left.

We just like them, don't we?

'Cause we're antique dealers.

- Well they're charming, aren't they?

They are charming.

- The problem is that the price now, whoever buys them is going to end up probably losing money or keeping them for a while.

- Probably keeping them.

Yes.

- Well if I'm gonna lose money on something, I might as well lose it on something I like.

240, Helen.

- I like that philosophy.

- 245.

- 245.

- 250 pounds, Helen, for your two prints.

- [Narrator] The Secret Dealers are now in a bidding war for something they want to own for themselves.

Will this force them to spend even more of their own hard-earned cash?

All three dealers are fighting to buy Helen's fabulous 19th century prints on glass.

David's in the lead at 250 pounds, already more than the Dealers think they're worth.

But no one's backing down.

(tense music) - Well... 255 for the sake of a fiver.

(Tim sighs) - I want to be the voice of reason, but I'm just gonna go up a fiver.

(they laugh) 260.

- Isn't it funny we won't let them go and we all know what they're worth?

- They're not worth as much as this, 265, Helen.

Why are we doing this?

- Because they are lovely.

- We're dealers.

We're meant to buy things and sell them at a profit.

- I think that some- - 265 is the offer.

- Someone somewhere's gotta stop 'cause it's getting silly.

And I'm stopping.

(tense music) - Just thinking.

- We can hear the wheels turning.

- Yes.

(tense music) - Yeah.

270.

- Five.

- Are you still wheeling those cogs in that brain?

- They've ground to a halt, I'm out at that.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

- Shall I just have a look at what my advice is helping me?

- [Narrator] The dealers knew it.

Now, so does Helen.

David's bid way over the top valuation.

- I'd love to sell them to you because I know you actually love them.

- I do indeed, Helen.

- You do.

And they're nice pieces.

- They are indeed.

Thank you very much, Helen.

Thank you.

- And I actually have a matching one that got cracked when I moved house.

So if you would like that as well- - Oh, I'd love it.

- You're very happy to have that as an extra gift from me.

- Oh thank you, Helen.

- But one get one free!

- What a result.

(they chuckle) That's a result.

(upbeat music) (price tag whooshes) Wasn't that wonderful to see Karen and Tim both went, "Uh."

- If we'd known that, we'd have bid more.

- I am absolutely gutted.

- [David] I am so pleased with that buy.

I cannot tell you.

(slaps hands) - [Narrator] An unusual twist at the end of some heated dealing.

So how much money have the Dealers spent today?

- Those lions have protected you today from the Secret Dealers (they laugh) because we have spent with you 3,427 pounds.

- Wow!

Garden design here I come.

- Absolutely.

- Did you know nobody's ever given me a wad of money like that?

Bit like being a great train robber.

(they laugh) - Yeah, you did rob us actually, Helen.

Now you come to mention it.

(notes flicking) - I always wanted to do that.

- [Narrator] What a lovely wad of cash for a lovely lady.

(bright music) (dramatic music) The Dealer's battle in the lion's den left Tim licking his wounds.

- Tomorrow is another day.

- [Narrator] But now he has two new dealers up for a fight.

He's facing Alison- - If I fall in love with something, nothing will hold me back.

- [Narrator] And Mark.

- I love jewelry, silver, watches.

If you don't buy, you don't earn a profit.

(upbeat music) - [Narrator] The next house is perfect for these three.

Packed with gold and jewelry belonging to homeowner Darren.

- My father was a thespian, spent a lot of time on stage.

A lot of the jewelry that he had was part of Fagin's treasure when he was actually appearing on stage.

So I'm hoping that the Dealers will also find a little bit of Fagin's treasure today.

- [Narrator] There's masses on offer, but standout items are a jewelry collection, including a rare 17th century Charles II half crown coin and a gold charm bracelet that belonged to Darren's mother.

Any money made is being put to very good use.

- There is only the three of us now.

I lost my wife to cancer and my good lady Sally was very much a Disney fan.

Any funds we raise today, I'm looking forward to putting towards a family holiday for me and the children to go to Florida and potentially swim with dolphins at Discovery Cove.

And it'd be great if we can find some finance towards that.

- [Narrator] So no time to waste.

Get bidding, guys.

- Ooh.

(upbeat music) - [Darren] Tim and Alison are strong dealers.

So I expect tough competition.

- [Narrator] Tough?

Looks like no one's told Tim.

(whimsical music) - What a beautiful garden.

I feel like I'm at the Chelsea Flower Show.

I feel like Alan Titchmarsh.

Oops.

- [Narrator] Alan Carr more like.

Focus, Tim.

- So this is the boys' room.

- [Narrator] Amazingly, Tim's about to strike gold in the shed.

(jewelry jingling) - Oh.

- [Narrator] It's the nine carat bracelet that was Darren's mothers.

- I've got a fish on there.

I've got a Bible.

Right.

I'm gonna weigh and bid.

(exclaims) There's the money.

- [Narrator] A good start from Tim.

Bid one down.

(upbeat music) Gold lover Mark's taking the traditional tack, hunting in the bedroom.

- Jewelry.

Very nice.

Let's see what we got here.

- [Narrator] He's found the jewelry collection with the rare half crown coin.

- With the half crown is Charles II, dated 1676.

Quite unusual.

We can read the day and we can see on the back the four shields here for England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

- [Narrator] Ooh, there's a battle brewing, I can tell.

- Coins are something that I really love.

There's certainly a profit in it for me.

- [Tim] Alison loves her jewelry too and she's found a gold Albert watch chain and fobs.

- Now I'm not actually going to offer scrap for that 'cause I think I can sell that.

I think that's rather attractive.

But my little nose is telling me there's more gold in this house.

And what does gold make?

Money.

(upbeat music) - You're not wrong Alison.

Mark's search upstairs has unearthed a collection of gold rings.

- This little lot here.

I look at these and think to myself, really these are gonna be based on purely gold content.

There isn't anything in this little group here that we can sell.

- [Narrator] Scrap, Mark.

Darren might not like that.

- One of the rings within that little collection is my mother's wedding ring.

There'll be a tug I suppose on the heartstrings if that was to go.

- [Narrator] Let's hope another dealer sees it differently.

Now perhaps it's the sun that's relaxing the Dealers but Alison's playing in the garden.

- Oh look at this!

♪ See saw, Margery Daw ♪ I quite like pushing Tim around.

Where have you been?

- Been in the garden shed.

Something that you won't expect in there.

I'll say no more.

(whimsical music) - [Narrator] Well that's a red rag to a bull.

Alison's straight in for the gold charm bracelet.

(bright jazz music) - Some nice charms.

That's a nice charm, that'll be very commercial so you wouldn't scrap that charm.

Who keeps gold in the garden shed?

How crazy is that?

Look, isn't that nice?

There's quite a few on there I won't scrap.

It means I can be a little bit more extravagant in what I bid.

This little honey might be in with a chance.

- [Narrator] Two bids on the bracelet and another item Alison wouldn't scrap.

Tim's back to work eyeing up the Albert chain and fobs that Allison has already bid on.

- Prince Albert in his day was a fashion icon.

He was the David Beckham of Victorian times and he sat fashions.

One there with initials.

We have a Star of David.

We call them medals or fobs.

They're not military medals, they are meant to go on a watch chain.

- [Narrator] Second bid down on the fobs and it's Mark's turn to step outside.

- What a lovely garden.

What a beautiful garden.

(upbeat music) - [Narrator] No playground antics for him.

- And... Oh Alison's in here.

She's beat me to it.

- [Narrator] The gold charm bracelet is an instant draw.

(chain rattling) - Got a bit of weight to it.

- But you wouldn't scrape all of that would you, Mark?

- Well, I haven't got clients for charms.

I just can't sell them.

I just don't get asked for 'em nowadays.

I'm gonna weigh it and I will base my price on just the gold content.

- Some things I think are too good to scrap and you wouldn't get some of those charms manufactured today.

- [Narrator] Some tension building here, I think.

- Anyone can scrap.

The skill is finding the customers and that's where you get your real money.

Mark needs to step it up.

(upbeat music) - You tell him, Alison.

Tim's moved upstairs to find the box full of jewelry with the Charles II coin.

- Right.

- [Narrator] He's not messing now.

Gold weighed, bid down.

- [Tim] So that is from that lot.

- [Narrator] Mark's still on a gold rush weighing up the Albert chain and fobs.

Let me guess, scrap, Mark?

- If the fobs had the name of a football player, the club they were with, if it was well known or very popular, they would command a premium.

But for me when they don't have that, they are really their gold value only.

It's a shame but unfortunately it's a fact.

- [Narrator] He's like a broken record.

Time is almost up and the bids are flying now.

Alison's about to crash Tim's party.

(knocking on on door) - Entrez vous.

- What have you found?

I shall quietly let on.

- I will tell you what we've got.

- [Narrator] Tim and Alison are rushing now, paying for time wasted on the swings.

- She's not on the calculator.

She's straight through to the Dow Jones.

- [Narrator] They're both in for the collection of rings including Darren's mum's wedding band.

- They're quite far of platinum.

- [Narrator] And Alison gets her bid in for the boxed jewelry collection.

And as the last bids are placed, the school bell rings for break time.

Out to play, children.

- [Tim] Look at this.

- Oh my own little home!

- In you go.

(Alison clattering) (Tim laughing) Are you alright?

- Yes, I'm alright.

(they laugh) (upbeat music) - The Secret Dealers have spent the last hour rummaging through Darren's home, placing seal bids on all his gold.

It was everywhere.

- Who has gold in their shed?

Absolute joy.

- [Narrator] The nine carat charm bracelet was the biggest find.

But Alison and Mark have different opinions about its future.

- Several charms on there that I can sell.

- I'm gonna probably err on the side of scrapping them.

- [Narrator] Hold on.

This lot won't be going anywhere unless Darren agrees the price.

- I've always liked to haggle.

I'm a teacher by trade so I'm sure I'll be able to handle three antiques dealers 'cause they're nowhere near as scary as my students at times.

- [Narrator] Darren's goal is a family holiday to Florida.

- My good lady, Sally was a Disney fan and it'd be great if we can find some finance towards that.

- [Narrator] So how much of the dealer's cash is on offer?

(dramatic music) - Darren, I've had fun here today.

I've played in the Wendy house.

We've had go on the swings and we've left loads of bids on your goodies.

- Blimey, 2,797 pounds.

Blimey!

That's a lot of money.

- Are you happy with that?

- Well, we'll see, won't we?

(chuckles) - [Narrator] Rest assured, Darren will fight hard to pocket top dollar for his trip to America.

- Really pleased with the so called bid figure today.

- It soon mounts up.

- It's the right time now to reinvest that money in my children's lives.

Enriching my children's lives.

- [Narrator] Let's see if the Secret Dealers can get them on their way with the first item.

The leather collar box filled with gold including the Charles II coin.

- An interesting little job lot which all antique dealers like.

- Full with goodies, excited about that.

- You don't see Charles II half crowns.

They're not a common coin.

- Well, my father was a bit of a thespian and he used a lot of those as props in lots of the shows that he took part in.

- Right, so all those little bits and pieces there could probably tell a good story.

- Yeah, they could, as my dad could.

Yeah.

- I think it's time to reveal... - Our bids.

My bid is 235 pounds.

- Thank you.

- My bid's 250 pounds.

- Okay.

- Well, and my bid, 246 pounds.

- Okay, - So you're on catch up.

Come on, catch up.

- Actually you're trailing as well, Alison, yeah.

- By four pounds.

Does it feel a bit better darling?

- Yes it does actually.

(Mark laughing) 255.

(tense music) - I'm gonna have a little check and see where we should really be with this.

- [Narrator] The Dealers are off the pace at the moment.

They'll have to do better.

- Well we're a little bit shy at this moment in time of where I'd like to be with it.

- Shy is not a word that you can use to us three.

- Well no, shy isn't something that either of you three are.

- What really really is springing to mind with me at the moment, Darren.

The rose between two thorns.

- Well... (Tim scoffs) - Dandelion more like.

(Mark gasps) - Nettle.

(they laugh) - That's the nearest, I think.

- That was very stinging that.

- Oh God.

- He can handle it.

- Yeah, he can handle it.

- Oh god.

Back in the playground, 260.

(tense music) - 260.

I think that might be enough for me to be honest with you.

So I'm gonna say 265.

(exclaims excitedly) - 270, Darren.

- Okay.

We're getting nearer.

- 275.

- Mm-hm.

Okay.

- 280 pounds.

Just 'cause I like the leather box.

- [Tim] 285.

- They're keen, aren't they?

- Very keen.

- Am I getting near it?

- Very keen.

In fact, they're so keen that I'm gonna leave them to it.

- Okay.

(tense music) - 290 pounds.

- Very close.

- I'm out now, Darren.

- Oh, okay.

If that's the best you can do.

- Well it is 'cause there's only one thing in there that I want.

- And that's the box?

- No.

- Oh, okay.

- If you guess what I want in there, I'll give you 295.

(tense music) - Is it the coin?

- (groans) That's just my luck today.

Yes.

295 pounds.

- Then we got a deal with that.

- Thank you very much.

- Well done.

Pleasure.

- [Narrator] Well done, Darren.

That'll teach Mark about the dangers of gambling.

- It was about as obvious as the nose on his face, what he wanted.

- There's a profit, not a big profit but a profit.

- (mock yawns) Really, Mark?

I don't think so.

- [Narrator] Next up is the enamel fobs and the nine carat gold chain.

Now is this one for the melting pot?

- It is saleable to a degree.

- They are really their gold value only.

- People want them, so I'm gonna take it home.

- [Narrator] Fighting talk, Alison.

Let's see if you can.

- I take one look at you.

Mark and I see melt.

- No.

No, no, no.

Some of those metals are saleable but they've gotta be to the right football clubs.

Having said that, you might have collectors for 'em.

- Well I'd have people that like to buy them just to hang on their watch chains.

- [Mark] Yeah, which people do, that's right.

- And I found the Americans are really quite keen on them.

Well, should we see the color of our money?

- Shall I go first?

- Go for it.

(dramatic music) - Okay.

415 pounds.

- Thank you.

- And my offer is 376 pounds.

- [Tim] And my offer is 385 pounds.

- [Darren] Okay.

- So I'm lagging.

- You are.

- And that's quite a keen bid there, our Mark, isn't it?

I mean there's obviously something that's caught his eye.

That little eye of yours.

It's tickled your fancy, did it?

My offer is 420 pounds.

- Okay.

(dramatic music) - Heavy duty, isn't it really?

- I wanna have a little check before you start.

Just to see where I want it to be.

- [Narrator] Well, Darren's got a bid over the top valuation.

But is he gonna bluff them for more?

- Still got a little bit to go yet.

- Mm, well... - Hmm.

(tense music) - 425.

- Okay.

- Now is there something on there or is there not?

You ever heard of a guy called Peter Longchamp?

Well he was a famous football player and he's actually on one of those medals.

So I've gotta bid a bit more.

- Off he goes like Hans Christian Anderson.

It's a fairy story.

- He does suffer from verbal diarrhea sometimes.

- Alright.

Okay.

My bid is 430 pounds.

- I knew there was something on there you liked.

435.

- Thank you.

- I'm out.

- Thank you.

- I'm out.

(laughs) - Oh, 435.

Can I have it?

- You can.

(upbeat music) - Thank you.

I'm very pleased with that.

- Good.

- Thank you.

- [Narrator] Well Alison must feel pleased.

She got one over on Mark.

- He has all the spiel, but did he do the deal?

No, I did.

- Good luck to her.

I personally think there is no mileage in it.

- Really, Mark?

- Really pleased that that's not gonna be melted down.

(bright music) - [Narrator] The grapple for gold between Mark and Alison continued with Mark getting the upper hand.

He snapped up a 1930s nine carat Rolco watch for 125 pounds and a 1903 sovereign ring for 255 pounds.

Tension reached new heights over the gold and platinum rings, including Darren's mum's wedding band.

- What do I want at the moment?

Wedding rings.

- I'm gonna try and buy that lot because I think I could sell it in the shop.

- [Narrator] Shock horror, Mark doesn't see them as scrap.

Tim was left eating gold dust with some furious bidding.

(upbeat music continues) - 425.

- 430.

- 435.

- [Alison] 440.

- 445.

- [Narrator] And Alison would not be denied hers for 450 pounds.

- I'm very pleased to hear that she's looking at actually selling them on.

- With those two snapping at my heels, we might have a bit of trouble today.

- [Narrator] Well this is your last chance, Tim.

Today's final item is the hefty nine carat gold charm bracelet.

- Charms are in demand and there were two I particularly liked.

- There's definitely some charms on there that could have a resale value.

- For me, I'm gonna probably err on the side of scrapping them.

- [Narrator] A leopard doesn't change its spots, does it, Mark?

- [Tim] What is a great big charm bracelet like that doing in the garden shed?

- Well, it was my mother's charm bracelet and it was just surplus to requirements and that's where I've been storing it.

- Well, come on then, show him your bids.

(dramatic music) - Well Darren, my offer for the gold charm bracelet in the garden shed - Hmm?

- Is 630 pounds.

- Oh dear.

(laughs) I think I'm being a bit wayward now, Darren.

595 is my offer.

- Okay.

- And the two southern runners are up and running.

- Mm.

- 620.

- Well, at this stage I'm just gonna a little look and see what the valuation was.

- [Narrator] Two heavyweight offers from Alison and Mark leave Tim floundering.

But Darren's got his eye on that holiday with his children.

- You're in the ballpark.

You're in the ballpark.

Looking for a little bit more if possible.

- So it's me paying catch up, isn't it?

- It is a little bit.

- Yeah.

(tense music) 640, Darren.

(Mark whooping) - 645.

- 650.

- Anybody do a little bit better?

- 655.

- Thank you.

(tense music) (Mark muttering calculations) - Are you calculating 'cause you plan on scrapping it?

- No, I've got somebody for this.

A real good person who really wants a chance at the moment.

- [Alison] He didn't say that in the shed, Darren.

- No, I bet he didn't.

- Oh, go on, 660.

- Okay.

(music intensifies) - 665.

- 670.

- Nah, I don't wanna play no more.

- Okay.

- I'm finished.

- It's between you two guys.

- 675.

- It's too much.

- Anymore for anymore?

- No, I'm out.

It's too much for me.

- Too much?

- Yeah.

- Because you wanna scrap it?

They're out.

So six... - Actually- - Here we go.

- We're not out.

- [Mark] No, we're back.

- No, we're not.

We're back in.

680, Darren.

- I've done you a good service today.

- I wish you'd learn a new lie.

- I like a profit, that's that's why I'm out at 680 and leaving it to you to do all the hard work on the profit front.

- Well, I think that's very reasonable.

And I would certainly take that.

- Shake my hand.

- Thank you, sir.

- [Tim] I told you buy it, didn't I?

- You did, northerns stick together, you see.

- Exactly.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, soft southerners here.

- There we go.

- Tim just gets so emotional.

I put it down to his hormones.

- She got to me in that deal.

As always, she's going on and on and on and on and I thought, right, I'm coming back in here.

- Too much money.

I'm sorry Tim, I think you're gonna burn a little bit on this one.

- Poor Timmy, oop!

- [Narrator] The Secret Dealers fought hard over Darren's gold.

So how much money has he made towards his family holiday?

- Darren, I'm very happy to be able to hand over 2,596 pounds.

(upbeat music) - Blimey.

That's a lot more money than I expected.

That's fantastic.

Thank you ever so much.

- Our pleasure.

- Thank you.

- Thank you, Darren.

- Thank you very much.

It's been a pleasure to meet you all.

- Thank you.

- Thanks for coming round.

- [Narrator] What a result!

That's Darren and the girls well on their way to Florida.

- I think very successful day for myself and for my family.

- Ya-hoo!

- Careful you.

- Woo-hoo.

- [Narrator] The Dealers did have a lot of fun today, but how did they get on with the serious job of making money?

Karen was playing the long game on the Georgian long case clock, hoping time would see her a profit.

- That one might end in the loo.

(laughs) - [Narrator] Well, it's still taking up residence in her toilet, as it remains unsold.

- Ticks all the boxes.

- [Narrator] Tim's Victorian gilt mirror with the lion head isn't a roaring success either.

It too is unsold.

But he had better luck with the nine carat gold charm bracelet, which he sold for 710 pounds.

- You've got to have a bet to win.

- [Narrator] Now, who did better between gold scrapper Mark and gold seller Alison.

- They will shoot out of my window like hot cakes.

- [Narrator] Well Mark's buy, the jewelry filled box, scrapped for a five pound profit, but Allison managed to sell the Albert chain and fobs for 525 pounds.

- I'm on a roll.

- [Narrator] And the collection of rings made 425 pounds with two still to sell.

- There's always another day.

- [Narrator] But despite beating Mark, she's not the dealer who's hit El Dorado today.

It's David Ford.

- Do you know I've had one of the best days today.

- [Narrator] After being gifted a third 19th century painting to add to the pair he already bought- - An extra gift from me.

- Oh, thank you Helen.

- [Narrator] He sold the trio to another trader for 400 pounds.

- A little bonus, very pleased about it.

- [Narrator] And the silk kimono from the far east went for a far out price.

A whopping 300 pounds.

Guess who's pleased with themselves?

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