Secret Dealers
Season 5, Episode 7
Episode 7 | 41m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Two crack teams of Secret Dealers are given the run of two different houses.
Homeowner Jill has an eclectic array of items, including a collection of football medals and a rare Victorian box that is more than it seems. Dealers Mike, Karen and David are on hand to unravel the mystery. In Kate’s home, dealers Tim, Simon and Alison battle it out for a luxury designer scarf and a beautiful diamond solitaire ring.
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Secret Dealers
Season 5, Episode 7
Episode 7 | 41m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Homeowner Jill has an eclectic array of items, including a collection of football medals and a rare Victorian box that is more than it seems. Dealers Mike, Karen and David are on hand to unravel the mystery. In Kate’s home, dealers Tim, Simon and Alison battle it out for a luxury designer scarf and a beautiful diamond solitaire ring.
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(dynamic music) (dynamic music continues) (dynamic music continues) (bright music) - [Zaraah] Today, the "Secret Dealers" will be squaring up to each other to get their hands on the hoard of eclectic desirables inside this Lancashire home.
But which of its treasures will the dealers be fighting most over?
Will it be this collection of football medals, or this rare Victorian box that is more than it seems, or maybe this designer 18-carat gold pendant?
- There will be carnage over that deal.
Let me tell you, £1,500.
- I'll give you a clue.
You're way out.
- Oh gosh.
- [Zaraah] Most of the items belong to Jill, who's storing them in her partner Steven's House until she moves in.
Steven's daughter, Toni's on hand to help give Jill some resolve.
- I think Jill's emotional attachment might make her wanna keep things a little bit more.
- [Zaraah] But that doesn't mean Jill will be a pushover.
- Everything does have its price.
And I'm not naive when it comes to knowing what my items are worth.
- [Zaraah] Jill's got her eye on one secret dealer in particular.
- I've gotta say, Mike Melody is one of my favorite dealers.
So I'm thrilled to bits that he's gonna be here today.
(Toni giggling) Not.
- [Zaraah] Well, it's not only Mike Melody she has to contend with today.
It's also Karen and David.
- You may think I'm charming, but underneath it, believe me, I'm just as hard as the others.
- My tactic is to try not to give the game away.
- I'm the original antique grafter.
- [Zaraah] While Jill and Toni 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.
- [David] Right.
- Come on in, Michael.
- Here you are, chaps.
- [Mike] Thank you very much.
- Oh, wood paneling.
That's a good sign.
- [David] Nice house.
- [Karen] I'm going that way.
- Oh, it's a bit baronial, isn't it?
Well, I'll have a look in here.
Thank you, pet.
Ah, well.
We got a wine cellar.
Slight problem for me here.
Doesn't appear to be much very old.
- [Zaraah] Well, there is now you're in it, Mike.
- Well, very nice.
Not for me.
- Such a big house.
I think what I'll do is dash round, annoy all the other dealers, namely Mike and David.
- [Zaraah] It's a plan, Karen.
- This one was short and sweet.
- I could do a grand swoop in this in 32 seconds flat.
- [Zaraah] Only if Karen doesn't interrupt you, Mike.
- Mr. Melody.
Better go upstairs.
- Very nice.
Very luxurious.
Fabulous.
Not one thing for me in here.
How's that?
The eyes are still working.
- [Zaraah] But upstairs in the bedroom, David's having more luck.
- It's over here is where we start.
We've got a very nice charm bracelet.
I always think with charm bracelets that they're very personal, because each one usually signifies some memorable occasion, you know?
There's a half sovereign there, which is rather nice.
1911.
I mean that's worth about £85 on its own.
- [Zaraah] And David duly places a first bid on the charm bracelet.
Downstairs, Mike isn't feeling charmed.
- Definitely don't need 'em.
Nope.
Forget, forget.
- [Zaraah] But Karen's struck gold in another bedroom.
- Here we have a fantastic collection of Janet Isherwood Jewelry.
She's quite a modern jewelry designer that this jewelry, when it was commissioned, was expensive, because obviously, you're paying for the skill of Janet Isherwood.
Unless somebody else recognizes that name, I don't think I'm gonna get any more than the value.
So what do we do?
Anyway, have a go.
- [Zaraah] So Karen places the first bid on the modern pendant and on more jewelry in the bedroom too.
Back in the first bedroom, David's finds keep getting better and better.
- Gosh, these are interesting.
They're lots of football league medals.
Nine carat gold.
Yeah, and there's a little hallmark on the back.
Got it.
So I'm gonna do a little bit of a sum here and work these out.
- [Zaraah] And with his interest piqued, - - [David] And we'll pop that in the box with them.
- [Zaraah] David places his bid on the football medals.
Back downstairs, Mike Melody might have finally found something that's older than him.
- This is an original old fridge box.
The last one of these I had, I sold to, believe it or not, the Museum of Scotland.
So I'll leave a price on that.
- [Zaraah] So Karen has climbed the stairs to the attic and has spotted some old train sets.
- Loving the boxes, although it's all condition, condition, condition and unfortunately that's not brilliant.
But let's have a little punt, shall we?
There we go.
I'm not sure that Mr. Ford will be into this as such, but Mr. Melody will.
- [Zaraah] If he can be bothered to climb the stairs, Karen.
In the bedroom downstairs, Mr. Ford's just added his bid to Karen's on the modern pendant, but now he's got a gentleman caller.
- Oh, it's Mr. Ford.
- Few little bits of jewelry in here, Michael.
Bit modern.
- Really?
- But you like a bit of jewelry, don't you?
- Oh, you know me.
Can I sit down and... - Come and join me, Michael.
- Thank you very much.
I've got today's gold prices.
- Oh, do you wanna share that with me, Michael?
- Certainly not.
(both laughing) - [Zaraah] And armed with the latest gold prices, Mike places his bids on the bedroom jewelry, making it a trio of offers on the modern pendant.
Karen meanwhile, has got into the first bedroom with the football medals.
- This is the football league.
Goldsmiths.
Clearly specializing in medals here.
Super quality.
I know the weight in gold, but I'm gonna actually ignore that, because I think more than the gold weight, I think you've got a little box full of social history.
There you go, Mr. Ford.
Bit of competition.
- [Zaraah] That's two dealers bids on the medals.
And Mike might deserve one for getting up the attic stairs.
- Don't film the afflicted.
(chuckling) What we've got here, we've got a clockwork Hornby pre-war boxed set.
This is the main thing I want, the shed, 'cause the sheds are the things that tend to get lost.
And believe me or not, I've got loads of clockwork trains but I haven't got one shed.
- [Zaraah] So Mike's bid makes that two for the trains.
And now Karen's spotted the charm bracelet.
- Now we're talking.
Oh I bet there's a lot of sentiment in this.
This is all 9 carat, but there is a little half sovereign there, which is actually 22 carat gold.
So I'll deduct that from the weight and price that up as separately.
Right.
Let's work it out.
- [Zaraah] So the charm bracelet has two bids now.
And in the attic, David has found the choo choo.
- I really think I can resist it.
Not very lucky with trains.
- [Zaraah] More bad luck, David.
Mike's found the charm bracelet.
- That I'll be leaving a price on.
The charms will have been sold off individually and the items are very saleable at the moment.
That's that.
- [Zaraah] So the charm bracelet has charmed all our dealers to bid.
And the medals grab football fan Mike's attention too.
- What we've got here, we've got the progression, basically, of a footballer.
So what we've got, we've got medals when he was playing amateur in the Manchester leagues, all dating before the Second Great War, 1939.
Then the gentleman involved has come back, and believe it or not, got himself into Manchester City's main team and won the league.
That was in '48, '49.
So I've gotta now work out what do I think they're worth to a football supporter of that club.
- [Zaraah] So the football medals have scored three bids.
- If I walk away with the medals, I'll be happy.
And possibly the ice box.
I've done.
- [Zaraah] You might be done, Mike, but the other two need to nip on because the final whistle will soon be blown.
- That's a handsome chest, isn't it?
Now, this is all lead.
So that would mean it would have to be quite cold, I think.
So maybe it was for transporting wine or something like that.
See, when I look at that, I don't look at it as it is now.
I look at it, oh, it's all waxed up and gleaming.
That is a really good item.
Me and Mr. Melody are guns blazing on this one I think.
- [David] Hi Karen, again.
- Hello.
I think I'm done and I think I do need a cup of tea.
- You deserve it.
- [Zaraah] As Karen retires, - - Lovely out here.
- [Zaraah] David has just seconds to place a final bid on the Victorian refrigerator box.
- There you are.
We all made an offer for that.
I think we've done our bit.
- [Zaraah] For now, dealers, you have.
The "Secret Dealers" are about to go head-to-head in a fight to buy the eclectic things Jill's collected over the years.
Prized objects our dealers are gagging to get a hold of, include this unusual Victorian refrigerator box, and a one of a kind collection of football medals.
But they're not only battling each other.
Jill and her partner's daughter Toni, won't be giving things away.
- Everything is up for sale, obviously.
But everything also, obviously has a price.
- [Zaraah] But to make sure they get a fair price, they'll also have the backup of the secret valuer.
So exactly how much of the dealer's cash could Jill and Toni win today?
- If you accepted our total biggest bids, that's how much money you could make today.
- Thank you.
Oh, £5,573!
Not bad for starters.
- [Zaraah] That's a great amount of cash and Jill has plans for it.
- I would like to release some of the cash that I've got in some of these old items so that I can spend more time and more money traveling.
- [Zaraah] Well, let's see how far we can get her.
First up is the unusual Victorian refrigerator box.
- I bid on the cooler, first, 'cause I'm a complete nut.
And second, I've never seen one.
So of course, it's gotta have a Karen bid.
- It's just a sort of a nice thing that I think you could use in a modern environment.
Barbecues, things like that.
Keep the beer in or the cold white wine.
- [Zaraah] Really.
David?
Beer and barbecues?
Aren't you more Pimm's and polo?
Let's see how you get on.
- [Mike] What'd you know about that?
- It's something that I bought about 24, 25 years ago and I believe that it's a Victorian ice box.
I liked the looks of it.
- Did ya.
- Yeah, I liked the wood.
- Well I think all three of us have left a price on it.
So go on, Karen.
- [Karen] Do you want, shall I get me out the way?
I quite like it actually.
£310.
- Thank you.
- [David] £130.
- Ooh, the same figures but in the wrong way round.
- Yeah, it's difficult.
- I'm out of the victim scheme of things now because I valued it at 175.
- Okay!
I would like to look at the valuation, I think.
- [Zaraah] Karen's bid is £10 over the top valuation, but Jill can still put on a bluff to squeeze some more money out of the dealers.
- We're almost there.
- If I wanted to do catch up, I'd have to go a very long way.
- [Jill] You would.
- [David] So.
- Well, that doesn't normally stop you, David.
- I'm not Michael.
So I'm out.
- Okay.
- I'm out.
- Well, I love it.
I always base my bids on the fact, well have I seen another one?
And in all honesty I haven't.
So it's up to you two guys?
- Yes.
It's yours.
- Gotta deal?
Smashing.
Thanks Jill.
And you, Toni.
Hope you don't miss it too much.
- I know.
- So what was the valuation, out of interest?
Oh well, a tenner over.
That's fine.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, that's fine.
- I still love it as an item.
Proof's in the pudding.
Let's see if I can sell it now.
- She's a cute girl, perhaps she's gonna be proved right and I'm sure she'll get a profit.
- [Zaraah] We'll see if she does a little later, David.
Up next, the 18 carat modern pendant.
Not one for the boys you'd think, but these boys are daddies.
- It's a nice thing.
I mean it's the sort of thing I would put aside and probably end up giving us a present to one of my girls, my daughters.
- And I have three daughters, so I'll have a go at trying to buy one for for them.
- Another Mr. Mike Melody story.
Do you believe it?
I certainly don't.
- [Jill] Janet Isherwood was a very, very good jewelry designer.
But over the years I've had a few of these pieces bought for me.
Birthdays, Christmas, et cetera.
- They're all quite simple pieces usually, like you say, with a little diamond in.
- Yeah, well I think they do appeal to your age group particularly, don't they?
Especially my daughter's age.
And I don't know about you guys?
- Obviously Karen.
- There you go.
Enough said.
- [Mike] I don't know what I'm doing so I'll show you my price first.
£155.
- What!
- [Mike] I know.
- Well, I'm only a little better.
£172.
- And I'm piggy in the middle and I know you're gonna be equally disappointed.
My bid's £160.
- Do you see her face?
Talk about crestfallen.
I think she's very disappointed.
Oh dear.
- I would be tempted if one of you could perhaps go somewhat higher.
- I'll do that because I've got a lot of avarous daughters.
Hm.
- Will they not be fighting over it?
- Yeah, but I won't tell the other two.
(Jill and Toni laughing) You sneak your stuff in, don't you?
£200.
- Okay.
- Can we ask how much it costs?
- I would guess between 800 and a grand.
- Ooh.
- So these pieces didn't come cheap.
- Oh, they cost a fortune.
Did you hear her say, 800 or 900 for that necklace and we bid like, well I have, 160?
Goodness me.
Let's try and tempt shall we, 'cause we've all got daughters.
225.
- [David] Let's get real.
£230.
- That's getting real, an extra fiver?
- Well, it's trying.
- What I'd like to do is, with Toni, take a look at this, and then I'm probably gonna make you an offer.
- [Zaraah] David's offer is over the secret valuation, but Jill's a bit of a dealer.
She'll go for more.
- If somebody was to say to me, 275.
- 275.
Got in there first.
Sorry.
(laughing) - [Mike] Hang on.
- I knew he wasn't gonna let me get away with that one.
- 280.
- 290.
- 300.
- Okay.
- I can let it go.
- No, I can let it go too.
- Well, it sounds like a bargain on what you paid.
You don't really like it so you're happy.
So it's a win-win.
- Yeah.
It is.
- Gotta deal?
- It is.
It's a deal.
It's a deal.
Thanks, Karen.
- I think I might have paid all the money, but it's a quality object.
- I was keen to get the price from Karen because I felt that she was undervaluing the item.
I'm glad I held out.
- [Zaraah] So how do you think Jill's doing, Toni?
- I think she's a bit ruthless.
(laughing) - Thanks, Toni.
- [Zaraah] Karen's not doing too badly on the ruthless front either, outbidding the boys on each deal.
And she tried to do the same with the 9 carat gold charm bracelet.
- Bit of a whopper.
I would definitely like to own it.
It's gonna be a lot of competition 'cause we all know it's a wanted item.
- [Zaraah] A bid of £720 had seen off the boys.
- I'm out too.
- Oh, thank goodness for that.
- [Zaraah] And her bid was over the top valuation.
Surely the bracelet was hers.
- What do you want for it?
- Over 1,000.
It would have to be.
- That's me out.
Well when Jill said she wanted four figures, well, we couldn't match that.
- [Zaraah] Jill and Toni had second thoughts about selling something that could be split up and passed down the family.
- You've got to buy sentiment.
Tough thing to do.
- [Zaraah] But now it was time the boys stepped up to the plate.
If Mike knew which way round it is.
- Ooh.
Can't see.
(everyone laughing) - [Zaraah] But eventually, he managed to turn his fortunes round and he flagged down the train sets for £360.
- Better let the old boy have something, shouldn't we?
He'll hate that.
He'll absolutely hate that.
- [Zaraah] Well, with that sudden burst of testosterone, David Ford sprung into manly action and off he went buying Jill's jewelry.
He managed to grab a small gold charm bracelet for £95, and two gold rings for £83.
- Oh, lots of gold!
How exciting.
This is really my cuppa tea.
- [Zaraah] Well, now that all the dealers are on the score sheet, they're ready for their last item.
The football medals, which have an emotional story behind them.
- So the football medals actually belonged to my late partner.
They were his fathers.
His father played for Man City during the war and after the war.
Very, very precious.
- I do really want them, and I know Mike Melody's gonna be absolutely desperate to own them.
- Mike knows a lot about football.
He's an enthusiast.
I know nothing about football.
- There will be carnage over that deal.
Let me tell you.
- George Smith was actually my late partner's father.
His claim to fame is that he actually scored four goals in one match against United.
- Oh!
- Yes.
- [Mike] This young gentleman lived in a place called Fleetwood.
- He did.
- Which is about four miles from where I was brought up.
So there is a lot of sentiment involved in my bid.
So, come on.
- Well, I'll go first if you like, get me out of the way.
'Cause I've bid just on the fact that they're gold and medals and not for the football interest.
And my bid is £600.
- Thank you.
- Well, I think they're amazing.
- [Jill] Hm mm.
- [Karen] My bid is £900.
- Thank you.
- [Mike] £1,125.
- So I'm gonna declare myself out of this, I think.
- Thank you.
- Well much to Mike's disappointment and annoyance, I liked 'em as much as he does.
So 1,150, I'd like to bid you.
- What do you think to that Toni?
- Do you think we should take a look?
- [Jill] Okay.
- [Zaraah] Karen's bid is within the goalpost of the secret valuation, but not the top figure.
Surely Jill can coax more than that from the dealers?
- I'll give you a clue.
You're way out.
- [Mike] Oh, how much did you offer?
- 1,150.
- Oh, I can't offer you that then, can I?
- [Jill] No.
- £1,160.
I'll just let her off the hook.
- 1,180.
No you haven't.
- [Zaraah] Mike and Karen both want the medal collection.
Neither will want to back down.
But just how much money are they prepared to pay to go home with them?
The "Secret Dealers" are in a bidding war for Jill's collection of football medals.
David Ford has dropped out of the match leaving Mike and Karen to fight it out.
- They're one-off.
There's not gonna be another one.
I think it's a fantastic story.
- [Zaraah] So Karen's bid for £1,180 is the highest.
But Jill and her partner's daughter, Toni, are looking for more.
- 1,250.
- 1,270.
- 1,300.
- [Karen] 13 and a quarter.
- I'm out.
- Well, Mike's just dropped out, thank goodness.
It's me and Jill.
- I think in this instance... - No, no, no.
No, don't say it.
We haven't finished yet.
What would you take?
- Above 2,000.
- Oh gosh.
What do I do?
I'm not gonna let 'em go, but goodness me, that's a lot of money.
If I bid you £1,500, would you sell them to me?
- I'm very much afraid I'm going to have to say no.
- 1,800.
Have a deal, please?
I buy anything that's a one-off and that is why I'm putting such a good bid on the table.
- I'm gonna stick to my original figure.
- Oh, it's only money 'innit?
You can't take it with you.
Two grand.
- Two grand.
- Okay.
If it's £2000, it's £2,000.
What can I do?
I had to buy 'em.
Of course I had to buy 'em.
They're one-offs.
- She sort of knows a lot more than she's letting on, or boy is she in the soft side of the field so to speak.
- [Zaraah] Now Michael, don't be a bad loser.
Jill and Toni are on the winning side today so let's find out how much money they made?
- We've nearly made the total of £4,911, all for you.
- [Toni] Wow!
- Thank you very much.
(bright music) - [Zaraah] The last deal for the football medals certainly gave our dealers a hard match.
They'll all need to be substituted for our next house.
The objet d'art in Kate's home in Manchester screams quality, quality, quality.
The dealers will be scrambling over themselves to bag some of the action, including a luxury designer scarf and a 1.4 carat diamond solitaire ring.
But anything the dealers want, won't come cheap.
- I'd quite like to go and see my friend who lives in Australia.
If I don't think what they've offered is fair, I won't take it.
I'd rather hang onto the stuff than give it away.
- [Zaraah] So our new team of dealers have been duly warned, and they are Simon, Tim and Alison.
- If I fall in love with something, nothing will hold me back.
- Turnover is vanity.
Profit is sanity.
- Even if I made £1 million, I'd still carry on dealing.
- [Zaraah] So another house, another hour for the dealers to find and place secret bids on anything they want to buy from Kate.
- Ooh.
- Lampshade.
- That's nice.
- That's a lampshade, that's very... - And a staircase.
- You going upstairs with Alison?
- [Tim] I am going upstairs with Alison.
- Wink, wink, wink.
- [Tim] Don't be jealous.
- [Zaraah] Oh, they're all in a good mood.
Can't last.
- It's all mine.
Just in those few seconds, shall I tell you what I can see?
Diamond Solitaire.
Diamond five stone.
Diamond pendant.
Oh, my heart's racing!
(giggling) Oh, how exciting!
Well.
Nice diamond solitaire.
It's about one and a half carats.
I love it.
I just love this.
This is just, I wanna hide it.
- [Zaraah] Don't you dare Alison.
- Nice five stone.
Same period as the solitaire, which be sort of 1930s, '40s.
Not such bright diamonds.
So the whiter the diamond, the better the diamond.
- [Zaraah] Diamonds appraised, and Alison leaves bids on both the diamond solitaire ring and the ring with five diamonds.
Good work, Alison.
- Got my own bedroom.
You know, we're starting off life as it means to go along.
My beeline in a house has got to be the bedroom, because that's where the gold is.
- [Zaraah] Or in this case, the silver.
- Very pretty silver bowl here.
Rose bowl.
And one time it's had an inscription on there, which I think someone's had removed.
But very nice art nouveau.
It's got somebody's initial on there.
The hallmark here.
Sheffield hallmark.
It's gonna be about 1900.
And these always sell, these rose bowls.
They are a good little seller.
- [Zaraah] So the rose bowl garners a bid from Tim.
Downstairs, even the content of Kate's shopping bags can't escape Simon's prying eyes.
- That's nice.
That's what the queen eats when she has her tea.
Royal jelly.
Would you like some jelly, Philip?
- This is, in Yorkshire we call it a cake stand.
In the south, they call it a tazza.
So a tazza is a posh word for a cake stand.
And here we have, hallmark here.
Walker & Hall.
Sheffield hallmark.
And Walker & Hall, very, very prominent silversmiths, always make very good quality items.
Basically, the whole design is just pressed out on a sheet of silver.
Pretty.
Worth a bid.
- [Zaraah] So the posh cake stand, sorry, tazza, attracts its first bid.
And Tim's in the mood for giving flowers.
- May I come in?
- [Alison] Of course you can come in.
- I was going to bring you a thistle, but then I thought you'd take offense.
- Isn't he cute, smiley and charming?
- [Tim] Right.
Let's get on with it.
- [Zaraah] Time for Timmy to check out the diamonds.
- There is an inclusion.
- Makes all the difference, you know that, when you're selling it and they say is it clean, and you then have to say... - Do you think that's 1.5?
I don't.
- [Alison] No, I had it at 1.
Well actually about 1.10, I thought.
Just over the carat.
- Right, well we'll have a little bid on that as well.
- [Zaraah] So that's a second bid for the solitaire diamond ring.
And while he's there, he bids on the five diamond ring too.
Simon meanwhile, has sniffed out the rose bowl in the other bedroom.
- These are called rose bowls, because originally they'd have like a little wire mesh going over the top of them, where you would put individual flowers.
Nicely hallmarked on the top here.
Nice item.
Gonna leave a bid on that.
- [Zaraah] So Simon's bid joins Tim's.
- Okay, then we've got another silver item here.
And I suppose you could call this a comporte or a tazza, and the Chinese just starting to buy English silver now.
And one of the reasons they like our silver is because of our hallmarking system, which clearly dates a piece of silver.
Really is important.
That's a nice bowl.
- [Zaraah] So Simon's bid joins Tim's for the comporte, come tazza, come whatever it's called?
Now, Simon didn't find much downstairs.
Will Alison have better luck?
- You would normally see these funnels used for wine, but this is for perfume.
So you would put that in your little perfume bottle and then you would pour your eau de toilette into the bottle.
So neat.
- [Zaraah] I'm sure that's a neat little bid, Alison.
But upstairs, the boys have found something you've overlooked.
- [Tim] I know what that scarf is, Simon.
- [Simon] Well, I think I do as well, Timmy.
It's a Hermes one, isn't it?
- [Tim] And where's the magic name?
There.
- There it is.
- Hermes.
- Paris!
- Paris!
Paris!
- [Simon] Nice thing.
- Now you know the tip, don't you about these?
- [Simon] Go on.
- The edge must be rolled.
If it hasn't got a rolled edge, it's not the real McCoy.
So I'm having a bid on that.
- [Simon] So am I.
- [Zaraah] And two bids from two boys are duly placed.
- I want to go downstairs now.
Toodle pip!
- [Zaraah] And now the bedroom's less busy, Simon can take another look at the diamond rings.
- It's not the clearest stone in the world, but not everybody can afford an absolute clear diamond that's worth a fortune.
So the market is still strong for rings of this type.
I'm certainly gonna leave a bid on it anyway.
- [Zaraah] Now that's three bids on the solitaire diamond ring.
Alison meanwhile, has returned upstairs, and it doesn't take her long to spot the rose bowl and add her bid to Simon and Tim's.
What else will she spot?
- We have here a very, very pleasing tazza.
That would've sat on your table.
It would perhaps have cascading grapes.
Very "Downton Abbey."
And very me.
- [Zaraah] I think Alison sees herself more upstairs than downstairs, don't you?
And that's now, all three dealers bid on the tazza.
Simon meanwhile, is still counting diamonds.
- And then we've got a little five stone.
And I shall leave a bid on that as well.
- [Zaraah] And that's three bids on the five diamond ring too.
We're just seconds away from the hour being up.
But Lady Alison has uncovered the luxury item.
- Oh, Hermes!
A Hermes scarf.
I wonder if she's got the original box?
I know women who have hundreds of these scarfs.
I can sell these all day long.
- [Zaraah] She really is an upstairs lady, isn't she?
And with her final bid adding to the two others on the scarf, the hour is up.
The "Secret Dealers" have placed their sealed bids all over Kate's house, and a fight's brewing on a number of key items, including this Victorian silver tazza and a stunning diamond solitaire ring.
Kate knows what her items are worth, so it's time to reveal how much cash the dealers are prepared to stump up.
- Inside this envelope is our total bids.
That's what you could earn today if you accept the highest bids.
- Oh, thank you.
Right.
Ah!
My word.
I'm amazed!
£8,665.
- Well, some serious money.
- It is, yeah.
- [Zaraah] Well, with that great target in mind, we'd better get on with the dealing.
Now, which of our stylish dealers will walk away with the famous French designer scarf?
- Hermes always sells.
Quality always sells.
- Pinks, blues.
It's gotta be mine.
It's a wonderful scarf full of color and I think the title for it is Tropiques, which is tropical, and it's got zebras, giraffes, birds of paradise.
- [Kate] Yeah.
- A bit like myself.
- [Kate] Yeah.
Yeah.
(Tim snorting) - Why are you laughing?
- Not.
- It's the Garden of Eden, innit?
- Kate agreed with me.
One really important thing is, did you keep the box?
- I'm afraid I didn't.
No, sorry.
- Oh, we need the box.
- [Kate] I know.
- Well, I'll go first if you like.
My bid for your scarf is £75.
- Right.
- My bid is £100.
- Oh right, that's better.
- [Alison] And my bid is £111.
- [Kate] Okay.
- Why 111?
- In case you bid 110.
(Tim laughing) - In that case, I'm gonna bid 112.
- [Kate] Wow.
- Ooh!
- Well I don't like 13 as a number.
- Okay.
- So I'll bid you £115.
- Right.
Okay.
- £120 is my offer, Kate.
- [Simon] Or I think it would look very nice framed, your scarf.
- [Kate] Yeah.
- 125.
- Okay.
- £130, Kate.
- Okay, I'll just check the valuation.
- [Tim] Yeah.
- [Zaraah] Now Kate was a makeup artist on shows like "Coronation Street."
Can she be a bit of an actress and pull off a bluff?
- Oh.
I was hoping for a bit more actually.
- [Tim] Were you?
- I am dropping out.
- Okay.
- Not having the box makes me feel in jeopardy.
I don't wanna bid too much for it.
- 140.
- [Kate] Right.
- 145.
- [Simon] I'll go to 150.
- [Kate] Okay.
- Without the box, Kate, I am gonna drop out as well.
- Okay.
And yours was?
- 150, and I don't mind about the box 'cause I will get it framed, so.
- Okay, yeah.
Okay.
That's fine.
- Are you happy with that?
- [Kate] Yes I am.
Yeah.
- Shake my hand, Kate.
- Thank you.
- Thank you very much indeed.
- Thank you very much.
Thanks.
- Simon bid £75 and he pays at 150.
Do I feel frustrated by that?
Yes I do.
- I think it's very nice, lovely condition, and when it's framed I shall be asking several hundred pounds for it.
- Simon is now going into the world of framing headscarves.
It is his new hobby.
It used to be crocheting, now he's framing headscarves.
Honestly, whatever floats his boat.
- [Zaraah] Well, Kate's next item floated everyone's boat.
If only they could agree what it's called.
- If someone came to the shop and said, "Can I look at your comporte?"
It's a comporte.
If they wanna look at my tazza, it's a tazza.
- Clean as a whistle.
Ready to go.
I'd like to be the buyer of that one.
- I just think it's so pretty I do have a kind of an emotional attachment to that really.
- [Zaraah] Dealers beware.
- I'll go first if you like.
For your comporte, I have made you an offer of £165.
- Okay.
- I have made you an offer of £165.
- And for your tazza, I have made you an offer of £170.
- Okay.
Right.
Shall I have a look in here and see what?
- [Simon] Yeah.
- [Zaraah] Well, all three dealers bids have landed in the secret valuation, but it's unlikely to tempt Kate.
- Ooh.
I've probably exceeded that amount already from Kate's face.
- No.
- No.
- [Simon] But I'll go to 175.
- 200.
- [Kate] 200.
- Come on, it's 200 quid.
- I am thinking about it.
- It's nothing.
It's a drop in the ocean.
- [Tim] £205.
- [Alison] Always make fun of, it always works when I do that.
- Yeah, because you rile me.
- £210.
- Hmm.
- Sounded like a hoover, that.
(all chuckling) - Sweeping up everything.
Actually, that is a good description of what Alison would like to do today.
- Yeah, hoovering it all up.
Yeah.
Simon did allude to the fact that she wants to hoover everything up.
But Alison, there are three "Secret Dealers," not one.
- Well I clearly haven't hoovered, have I?
I've been mucked about all day.
My offer's 220.
- I have to say at 220, I am out.
- [Kate] All right.
- 225.
- Well here you go.
At 225 and I'm out.
- [Kate] Right.
- £225, Kate, is on offer from me for your - - Okay.
- comporte stroke tazza.
All right.
Yeah, I know.
I think I'd rather keep it actually.
- That's fair enough.
- [Kate] If that's okay with you.
Sorry.
- Course it's okay.
We just want you to be happy.
- [Kate] Okay.
(Simon playfully sobs) - [Zaraah] Poor Simon, he doesn't even have the bowl to cry into.
- I'm just very fond of that.
It's very, very nice to look at.
So I'd rather hang on to that.
- [Zaraah] Alison's having a bit of trouble with the boys today.
- What's really irritating is they won't let me have what I want.
- [Zaraah] Well, Alison had better luck with the next deal on the five diamond ring.
- Always so saleable.
Gotta go home with me.
- [Zaraah] And it did, when Kate accepted her bid of £800.
- I was happy.
It meant it was worth my while coming.
- [Zaraah] And Simon was glad he came when he managed to buy the rose bowl for £170.
- I've had these before recently and sold them for more than that.
So I'm quite confident I'll get a profit on this one.
- [Zaraah] We'll find out if he does, a little later.
It's not exactly been matrimonial bliss between the dealers today, but let's see if they can walk peacefully up the aisle to a deal on the diamond solitaire ring.
- A bit of a bobby dazzler, isn't it?
Tell us a a little bit about this.
- I just saw it in a shop and bought it.
Probably about 20 or 30 years ago.
- Gosh.
- [Kate] Yeah, and I... - Did it speak to you?
- It did at the time, but it doesn't anymore.
- Let me go first on this one.
My bid for your ring, Kate is £780.
- Ahem.
Right.
- My bid for your ring, Kate, is £900.
- [Kate] Okay.
- And my offer for your ring, Kate is £1,110.
- Okay.
Right.
- All right.
So I shall say £1,150.
- Okay.
Right, okay.
- £1,200.
- Right.
- [Alison] £1,300.
- [Kate] Okay.
- Let's cut to the chase here.
- I'll just have a look at the independent valuation.
- [Zaraah] All three dealers want the ring, but none of them have offered enough to buy it yet.
- Oh.
I think I'd like a bit more if you can manage it?
- [Simon] How about 1,325?
- No.
- £1,400.
- Do you want to show us that now, and...?
- That's the independent valuation.
- [Simon] Yeah.
- And I'm 1,400.
- [Kate] Yeah.
- And I'm 1,420.
- Oh.
Right, okay.
- And I'm 1,450.
- Right.
- And I'm 1,500.
- Okay.
(giggling) - And I'm out.
- [Kate] Okay.
- 1,520.
- It's all less than I paid for it.
- 1,550.
- [Tim] Are you out Simon?
- He said he was.
- It does influence me, so I'll try once more.
£1,600.
- [Kate] Okay.
- 1,620.
- Right.
- 1,650.
- [Kate] Okay.
- I am out this time.
- [Kate] All right.
- 1,670.
- Well, at 1670, I think we can let Tim have that.
- Okay.
- I'm out Kate.
- [Kate] All right.
Okay, that's fine.
- Have we got a deal?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Thank you very much.
- Thank you very much.
Thank you.
- I'm very happy to have bought the diamond solitaire ring because it's as good as money in the bank.
And, I beat Alison Chapman.
- You want the ring darlings?
You have the ring.
- [Zaraah] Well, it's time to find out how much of our dealers lolly Kate's got to spend on her travels.
- I'm happy to tell you that I am handing over £4,681.
- [Kate] That's brilliant.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
- There you go.
What are you gonna do with it.
- Maybe a business class trip to Australia?
I don't know.
(all exclaiming) - [Zaraah] What a great pile of cash!
Well, there was a lot of talk today from our dealers, but could they turn that "Yakety Yak" into hard cash?
The answer is mainly no.
In the first house, Karen outbid the boys to bag the unusual objects.
But so far the football medals and the Victorian refrigerator box, remain unsold.
And she's wearing the 18 carat gold pendant herself.
Would Mike Melody prove more successful?
It started off well, as a rare signal tunnel in the train set, Mike sold online for £150.
But he's yet to sort out the rest.
And what about Simon?
- Listen, the name of the game is buy it and sell it for more than you paid for it.
- [Zaraah] Oh, promises, promises.
The Hermes scarf and the silver rose bowl still remain unsold.
So what about those two divas from the second home?
- It's like being in a melodrama with her.
It's like being in a bad Bette Davis movie.
- Sometimes, working with these people, it's not like working with professionals.
- The woman is a drama queen.
- [Zaraah] Well, when these two aren't bickering, Bette Davis and good old Joan Crawford here can strike box office gold.
Tim sold the diamond solitaire ring for £1,800, and Alison sold the five diamond gold ring for £1,200.
So with profits for both, surely Tim and Alison can get along the next time they deal together?
- There's always another day to do battle.
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