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#Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques
#Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques
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00:00Come on, thirsty bear, please make me happy.
00:04This time, Johnny meets a bear with a fondness for a tipple,
00:08turns on the charm to make a sale...
00:11I love you, I love you, I love you.
00:13..and is faced with a tough decision.
00:15It makes no fiscal sense to turn down.
00:18Three, two, five.
00:22To millions, Johnny Vegas is known as an award-winning stand-up comedian.
00:26Evening, Benny Jones!
00:27Much-loved actor...
00:29I've got no ring!
00:30..but distinctive is what I do.
00:32..and celebrated artist.
00:37But he's also a collector of vintage.
00:40The odd...
00:41This was once the pirate of a flying badger.
00:44..and the extraordinary...
00:45Why I bought this and what I paid for it, I'm taking the fifth.
00:49..now, after years of dreaming,
00:51he's turning his hobby into a business...
00:54Oh, wow, it's massive!
00:56..by opening his very own vintage and collectible shop.
00:59Oh, now it feels real.
01:02So, with the help of lifelong friend and assistant, Bev...
01:05Well done.
01:07..he's finally parting with some of his collection...
01:09I'm really attached to it.
01:11..and hitting the road...
01:12God, we look like a swing goose!
01:14..in search of hidden treasures to stop the shop.
01:17BUYING LOW...
01:19BUYING LOW...
01:19..30 quid!
01:21No, not 60, just go to 70.
01:23Are there any other monstrosities you've purchased?
01:26..in the hopes of selling high?
01:28200 quid.
01:29Deal done.
01:30I like it.
01:31But as a first-time dealer...
01:33..has Johnny got what it takes?
01:37Auctions are not a good place for Johnny.
01:39You've spanked up all the budget.
01:41You don't trust me, do you?
01:42No.
01:44It's been a tough week.
01:46..to turn his lifelong passion...
01:48Get it!
01:49Here you go, buddy.
01:50Here we go.
01:50..into the business of his dreams.
01:52BUYING LOWS
01:52We had no idea how it was going to go...
02:06..and it's going really, really well.
02:09Since opening, stock has been flying off the shelves.
02:14Johnny is fully embracing life as a dealer...
02:17..to you all, that's 15.
02:19..and working full-time in the shop.
02:21Pleasure.
02:22But some days are a little slower than others.
02:30A little bit of a lull?
02:31Yeah.
02:32We're calling lunch, aren't we?
02:33Yeah.
02:35What are you fancying?
02:36I'm going to the pie shop.
02:37I've not even been there.
02:38Been that busy.
02:39Oh, they sell nice stuff.
02:40I've got, yeah, when I'm going.
02:42Do you know what they do?
02:43They do lovely Scotch eggs.
02:44Do you want any cash?
02:45No, cos then we're eating out the profits.
02:50Is that what you've been doing?
02:51No!
02:53Whenever my back's turned.
02:55Will I have to stop you?
02:55I'll get my hair done.
02:56I'll get my hair done.
02:57Well, did he take cash?
02:58I should just take some cash.
03:00That cash is all intact.
03:02This was Johnny, you know, it's sort of like, can he turn a hobby into something that he'd
03:09want to do full-time at some point?
03:11I mean, he's enjoying doing all the buying and he's enjoying doing all the selling, so
03:15maybe, who knows?
03:17With the shop quiet, Johnny and Bev take the opportunity to go on another buying trip to
03:25find more stock.
03:27Today, they're heading 30 miles north to Runcorn to preview an auction.
03:31So, toy auction.
03:34Oh.
03:36It's going, oh.
03:37I like that.
03:38Yeah, but I know you like your toys.
03:40I do like my toys.
03:42I've got a diabetic and sugar.
03:43I've got to remind myself when I go in that, will it make me financially drowsy?
03:50Oh.
03:57As one of the largest auction houses in Cheshire, the centre holds a vintage toy sale every week,
04:03showcasing between 500 to 700 lots of collectible items.
04:09Running the auction centre, a father and daughter duo, Michael and Vanessa.
04:14It's a family-run business.
04:16It is a family-run business and we've now developed into being one of the largest in
04:20the country.
04:21An auction is a good place to go if you want to buy items to make a profit.
04:26We get a lot of clients that actually buy from us and then you go straight home, put
04:30it on eBay and make a profit.
04:31You can't really go wrong.
04:33The advice I'd give Johnny is buy everything unusual, everything quirky or something you're
04:38never going to see again.
04:39If you can get a one-off, that would be absolutely brilliant.
04:43I'm not going to buy for the sake of buying.
04:46I can say that.
04:46I walk in and go, oh my God, it's an action man with eagle eyes.
04:50Yeah.
04:51Sweets at the checkout.
04:53Yeah.
04:54I want this and you're not the boss of me.
04:57That's why I'm not letting you come in.
04:58Hello.
05:04Hiya.
05:05Hiya.
05:06Pleasure to meet you.
05:07You have a lot of toys.
05:09Without stating the obvious.
05:11Have you dealt with auctions before, Johnny?
05:14I've sold at auctions and I've been at auctions.
05:17I won't lie, auctions make me nervous because the world is watching.
05:21Yeah.
05:22For the first time in my life, I'm buying to sell.
05:24I'm going to give you a good bit of advice here when it comes to buying.
05:28Card.
05:28C-A-R-D.
05:30C, condition.
05:32A, age.
05:33R, rarity.
05:35D, desirability.
05:37You want at least three of those elements and you won't go wrong.
05:42Sounds like my wedding vows.
05:43Shall we go look at the tone?
05:48Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:49All the way across here.
05:52Oh, my.
05:55Look at me.
05:57Look at me.
06:01Darling, I know it's 8am, but it's been a tough week.
06:06Look when it's cold.
06:09When it's cold.
06:10Wait for this.
06:11This is the best.
06:13This has made me happier than...
06:15PHONE RINGS
06:17I can't breathe.
06:25And it's mechanical.
06:27Oh, please tell me it winds up.
06:29You trying it?
06:30Oh, yeah, it's good.
06:31Oh, my God.
06:32Oh, can we watch him?
06:33Can we watch Thirsty Bird do what he does best?
06:36Let's hope he works.
06:37Throw his life away.
06:38Come on, Thirsty Bird.
06:40Please make me happy.
06:42PHONE RINGS
06:44I'm the cooking oven on you.
06:53I'm actually aching.
06:56Oh, thank you.
06:58Oh, God, I love it.
07:00Tell you what, Vanessa, just put the guide price up a little bit.
07:03I think we've got an interesting bit of it.
07:05It's 30 to 50.
07:06It's worth it.
07:07It is.
07:08With the dog as well.
07:09It's absolutely worth it.
07:10With the dog?
07:10With that little dog.
07:11Oh, my God.
07:13Oh, here we go.
07:14Right, right, right.
07:16Meanwhile, in another part of town.
07:17What does a begging dog do?
07:21Opens his mouth, tongue comes out, the paws come out, and the tail wags.
07:25Oh, my word.
07:32I have to have him.
07:33Yeah.
07:34I'm buying these.
07:35I'm buying...
07:36After everything I said in the car, I'm having them.
07:40Right, do you want to pop these away, and we'll show Johnny something else?
07:44Come on, Fred.
07:45Right.
07:46Go round and have a look.
07:47That's mad.
07:52Johnny is greeted by an Aladdin's cave of toys, with hundreds of vintage pieces gathered from
07:58vendors across the country.
08:00The items here are valued from as little as ÂŁ30 and up to a whopping ÂŁ8,000.
08:09Oh, my...
08:10Ow!
08:12Do you like that?
08:13This has got to have come from an estate.
08:15It was actually made by the Austin Motor Company.
08:19Yeah.
08:19They had 250 ex-miners employed to build these models.
08:23This is the Austin J40, based on the A40.
08:28J stands for junior.
08:29So the child's got one, and Daddy's got one as well.
08:31Yeah.
08:32Yeah, yeah.
08:33I don't ask what's the guide.
08:35I mean, it's got to fetch ÂŁ2,000 to ÂŁ3,000, sometimes a little bit more if there's somebody
08:39ultra keen out there.
08:40It's lovely.
08:41It is lovely, yeah, yeah.
08:43I've been here for about 40 minutes.
08:45He's like, no, I don't think I'm going to get into the toy market.
08:48It's very specialist.
08:49And he's been in there for ages and ages.
08:53I don't know what he's looking at.
08:56Have you got any train sets?
08:57Normally we have.
08:58We've got the...
08:59We've got the Stevenson's Rocket.
09:01The Stevenson's Rocket.
09:02Real steam train set.
09:06Yeah.
09:06Yeah.
09:07Let me show you inside.
09:11There we go.
09:13Wow!
09:14Do you know what?
09:15The packaging does not do that justice.
09:18Oh, that's fabulous.
09:20I know.
09:21Do you know the reserve on that?
09:23Well, the estimate is 80 to 120.
09:26Oh!
09:29I think my son would love that.
09:30You'd probably finish up buying nothing for the shop and loads of toys.
09:34I know.
09:35This is the danger.
09:36And I said, I'm not going to do it.
09:39But, you know, it's fabulous.
09:42That's really nice bit of kit.
09:44It is, yeah.
09:45Wow.
09:46Tell you what, you get that one.
09:47I'll get this one, yeah.
09:48Try not to bust it.
09:49You don't trust me, do you?
09:50No.
09:50You said no before I'd even finished the sentence.
09:55You don't know.
09:59After trawling through the warehouse,
10:01packed to the rafters with nostalgic collectibles and toys
10:04that could turn a tidy profit,
10:07it's clear there is one item that's stolen Johnny's heart.
10:11I absolutely have to have Thirsty Burr and Begging Dog.
10:15What we can do, we phone you when it comes up
10:17and we'll take your bid in real time.
10:20That will be, out of everywhere I've been,
10:24and I promise you, I don't know,
10:26that'll be the hardest thing to part with.
10:28And I keep having to say, you're buying to sell,
10:31you're not buying to keep, but you're going,
10:33that's so unique.
10:34I have never seen the lights.
10:36I'm in the box.
10:37Makes it.
10:37That's the one that could end up in a bit of a...
10:40You shouldn't be actually telling the auctioneer this, you know.
10:43You should never tell the auctioneer.
10:44Yeah, but don't have me bidding off the wall.
10:46Don't make someone up.
10:47Don't have your cousin ringing up pretending.
10:50I don't know anybody else who deserves to find a home
10:53for a Thirsty Burr more than me.
10:57From coming here,
10:59all hopes of common sense went out the window.
11:05Thirsty Burr has made my year.
11:07And we've got what I want for the shop.
11:09And it's charming, absolutely unique, borderline bonkers, items.
11:17What a rush.
11:18So did you see anything?
11:23Was it worth going in?
11:24I saw the single at best.
11:27Sorry.
11:27He's a Thirsty Burr.
11:29What's a Thirsty Burr?
11:30He's caught work.
11:31Yeah.
11:32He drinks, because he's thirsty.
11:35Right.
11:36Something's gone wrong, and he rattles as he does it.
11:40The same and begging dog.
11:41He's hilarious.
11:43Are you bidding on them all?
11:45Am I bidding?
11:45Thirsty Burr is a remortgage if I have to.
11:48Oh, my God.
11:50What happens now, then?
11:52It's a live auction.
11:53Got to do it down the phone.
11:54Oh.
11:55We're going to be in Newark,
11:56so we're going to have to break away.
11:59Right.
12:00We set a timer.
12:02Yeah.
12:02We leave.
12:02No matter what there is to be looked at.
12:06And what do you think you would pay?
12:07What's your high price?
12:08You know what?
12:09Only someone who hasn't seen you.
12:10I know.
12:11Well, I think...
12:11Needs to ask.
12:12And it just sounds a little bit random.
12:15Oh, God.
12:16I can see you going crazy at the auction now.
12:21Bev will need to leave the bidding of Thirsty Burr to Johnny,
12:24as he's going to Newark Trade Fair with his dealer friend, Chris.
12:29Hello.
12:29Hello.
12:30How's it going?
12:31How's it going, mate?
12:33How's it going, Chris?
12:36After dropping Johnny off,
12:38Bev heads back to Dagfield to take charge of the shop.
12:43I'm excited to be in the shop on my own.
12:45I don't think he wanted to leave me like, you know, Johnny.
12:47But he had to go shopping.
12:49I think Chris has talked to Johnny on a number of occasions,
12:52before the shop, about going to a fern.
12:55I think Johnny's always found it a bit, maybe, overwhelming.
12:59Chris and Johnny are heading 100 miles east to Newark,
13:03one of the largest antique fairs in the UK,
13:05which opens early the next morning.
13:09This could be a very dangerous thing,
13:11cos if you come here and you get the bug,
13:12and then you've got nine grand on stuff, I'm not sure enough.
13:15Yeah.
13:16You'll definitely get the bug.
13:17You'll be back.
13:18No, I'm not having it.
13:19I think Chris has said to him,
13:21the furs are...
13:22They're much better than just going to the auctions
13:25and to the other antique shops as well.
13:27The only thing is,
13:29I think you've got to be there about 6 o'clock in the morning.
13:31Johnny'd have to stay up from the night before
13:33to be there for 6 o'clock in the morning, I think.
13:36So, yeah, let's see.
13:38It's now all up to Johnny
13:40to get up in time for his first ever antiques fair.
13:43It's the crack of dawn in Newark.
13:56It's 6am-ish.
13:58I've had to lie to Johnny this morning to get him up,
14:01so he thinks it starts at 6,
14:03when, in fact, we can probably only get in at 7.
14:06But at least that way he's going to be up.
14:07I've been trying to get him to come to a fair for ages.
14:10It's very important to get there early.
14:12A lot of the stock will go from dealer to dealer to dealer,
14:14so the later you go,
14:16the more hands will it have been through
14:17and the price will have gone up.
14:20If Johnny's going to make it in the business,
14:21he's going to have to come to a lot of these,
14:23so I've had to be a bit cheeky.
14:25Morning, Chris. Morning, mate.
14:27How's your sleep? I'm OK.
14:29I'm very surprised to see you, if I'm honest.
14:32Mate, I've got a bit of a confession.
14:34You know, I said we had to be there for 6.
14:36Yeah.
14:37But we don't. We have to be there for 7.
14:39But I thought it was just a...
14:41Are you checking in?
14:41A bit of a cheeky way of getting you out of bed.
14:43I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
14:44Are you serious?
14:45Yeah.
14:46Come on, let's go.
14:49Not happy.
14:52I'm not...
14:52You'll love me when we get there.
14:55We've got to be silent now.
14:57Yeah.
14:58Just don't speak.
14:59Just an assault with you.
15:01You honestly thought I would just sleep through and not...
15:04Well, yeah, you're not very punctual, are you?
15:07I'm not a good timekeeper, I admit.
15:10But when it's really important like this, and it is important.
15:13Yeah, it is.
15:14That's why I lied to you.
15:16It wasn't malicious.
15:18You know...
15:18That's like a bloke having an affair.
15:21Don't ever look at someone that earnestly and go,
15:23that's why I lied to you.
15:26I did it for you.
15:28I did it for us.
15:29I did.
15:30You'll thank me when we get there, and there's loads of good stuff.
15:34There'll be a bit of everything here as well.
15:36Right.
15:36So you'll get smalls, there'll be big bits.
15:38So is there anything you've got in your head?
15:40I'll be honest, I'm finding on this, now that I'm properly doing it,
15:44I'm not ready to specialise.
15:46I know a bit about ceramics.
15:47As Mr. Wolf says, I know enough to be dangerous.
15:53I just want to be taken seriously.
15:58He wouldn't even make eye contact.
16:01I want to be taken seriously, and you went...
16:03No, you did that, you went...
16:06Come on, let's do it.
16:10This popular one-day antiques fair takes place eight times a year,
16:15and is held on the runway at what used to be RAF Winthorpe.
16:19Do you know what I haven't bought?
16:21Cash.
16:22See, I should have used that extra hour that somebody lied to me about
16:25to go on cash point.
16:29It's crammed with hundreds of antique stores,
16:32offering everything from vintage interiors to unique household items.
16:36It attracts thousands of visitors,
16:39and has a reputation for being one of the best trading places in England.
16:44God, look how many vans when we were there early.
16:47This is madness.
16:48This is really why I wanted to be here.
16:50This is like the last day on earth, isn't it?
16:53Leading the charge are the professional dealers
16:56who start trading their stock
16:57before they've even set up their stands.
17:00So you're going to start dipping your head in some vans?
17:03I will.
17:07Can I just ask quick so I don't waste your time?
17:10So.
17:12This is so.
17:13That top one?
17:14This, that, that.
17:15They've gone?
17:16Yes.
17:16There's so many objects,
17:23and so early on,
17:24and this thing you've traded
17:25is literally climbing in the back of vans.
17:27You're sort of panicking, going,
17:28right, I better buy, I better buy, everybody else is buying.
17:31You're almost not sure what you're looking at.
17:34I proper feel like I've been throwing to lions.
17:36Chris, as for Mr Let's Get Up and Early,
17:39he's just abandoned me.
17:45Johnny, how are you doing?
17:46I've got the smaller one of that.
17:48What's the, what's the price on that?
17:50I've got 445 on it.
17:52380.
17:54Cos I like you.
17:55Right, OK.
17:57Oh!
17:58I wanted one of these.
18:00Sounds pretty cool.
18:03What's on the bell ringers?
18:04220.
18:05I'll have them.
18:07All right.
18:08Let's not mess about on that one.
18:10All right.
18:12What's your best on the bells, mate?
18:14Just sold them, sorry.
18:15Have you?
18:15Yeah, fair enough.
18:16Yeah, sorry.
18:17You don't want to sell them, do you?
18:19I do, but what are you offering?
18:21What are you paying?
18:22I paid 220.
18:25You're 250.
18:26Quick profit.
18:28Done.
18:29That's a lot, isn't it?
18:33I've wanted them for ages as well.
18:35You've just killed me.
18:37That's 200.
18:39Another 50 and we're done.
18:44All right, thank you for that.
18:46Cheers, mucker.
18:47Cheers, mate.
18:48I'm kind of delightfully shocked at that.
18:53I think Chris would have been proud if he'd have seen it.
18:55It was like, yeah, done.
18:56250.
18:57Right in front of the guy.
18:59And him not taking offence.
19:00That's how the business works.
19:03But, yeah, all my life I've wanted to pretend I have servants.
19:07Back to dreaming.
19:19Oh, I said that there's one in there.
19:22I might just have to...
19:24Oh, I have a thing.
19:27I do have a thing for pentachylicous dummies.
19:32Hello.
19:33I haven't got any friends in me life.
19:35Go get your friend.
19:39Let's go out and start some fires.
19:42I think we should.
19:44Nor do I.
19:45How does he work?
19:46Ah, there we go.
19:48Sure.
19:50Sure, Johnny.
19:51Time hasn't been kind.
19:54Shut up.
19:56I've heard you've been hanging out with a thirsty bear.
19:59I've got to have him.
20:00I've just got to have him.
20:01It's gorgeous.
20:02How much for the puppet?
20:04Come on, help me out on this one.
20:07Make a good offer on it and I'll tell you if you're there or not.
20:10Is that it?
20:10Because I do want to sell it.
20:11I'm selling it for somebody else.
20:12I know, but I've got a feeling I'm going to be miles off and then I'll offend you.
20:16It might not be, to be fair, and I'm never offended.
20:18I want to sell it all.
20:20Well, it's not me making the offer, is it, Tim?
20:2330 quid.
20:24Oh, I'll have to decline.
20:26How much were you thinking?
20:27Around 80.
20:2980?
20:29Put them in the box.
20:3180?
20:32I know, but me jacket will need dry cleaning.
20:36Call it 50.
20:38Go on, meet him halfway.
20:4060.
20:4060 is yours in his box.
20:42Oh, I've got to have him.
20:46If I found one, I'd have one.
20:48I think it's pretty good, isn't it?
20:49Brilliant.
20:52We said 60.
20:53You said 60.
20:54That's OK.
20:54I was far more cheeky, but 60 will do it.
21:07Visually, I'm overwhelmed.
21:08I honestly didn't think I could ever be somewhere where there's more stuff than I can process.
21:13Normally, I'm underwhelmed.
21:15On this one, I'm just going...
21:16What are you looking at on that, bud?
21:25I'm looking at ÂŁ3.50 to you.
21:26That's a deal.
21:28It's lovely.
21:32Johnny is picking up stock left, right and centre.
21:39Oh, there he is.
21:41Hi, mate.
21:43What have you bought?
21:44Well, I bought a small version of you.
21:48A little dummy?
21:49Yeah.
21:50And he helped me out with the sales.
21:52I bought one slightly large ticket item.
21:55X RAF mess prep table.
21:58Nice.
21:59I've seen some money exchanging hands before over there.
22:02What was going on?
22:02Oh, you'd be proud of me.
22:04I bought a set of, you know, the Victorian house battles for the servants.
22:09Oh, yeah, so I'm going to start.
22:10I bought them ÂŁ2.20.
22:11Lad walked up as I bought them and sold them for ÂŁ2.50.
22:13It's all right, mate.
22:14I made ÂŁ30 there and then in front of it.
22:16Ace.
22:16I do good, Chris.
22:17Yeah, you've done that good.
22:19See?
22:19But amongst all this buying excitement, there is one item that Johnny can't miss.
22:26I am waiting on a phone call because the only thing that makes life worth living is going
22:33up for auction now and it's Thirsty Bear.
22:35It was the find of finds.
22:39Literally, I have not stopped sharing a video of him and it's universally agreed that he's
22:44possibly the best toy anybody's ever laid hands on.
22:49I've not set myself a realistic cut-off price in my head.
22:52I'm trying to say ÂŁ120.
22:56I can't go above ÂŁ150.
22:58I think the auction house know how much I want it.
23:01I don't know.
23:02Did I make too much of a big deal of it when I found it?
23:06Yes.
23:07Did I play it cool?
23:09No.
23:10Was it my worst poker eyes moment?
23:13Definitely.
23:14But I want it and I want it bad.
23:16Do you want it that bad?
23:20Hello?
23:24Hiya, Vanessa.
23:26Oh, I'm Thirsty Bear?
23:27Yes, it's your favourite lot.
23:29Great.
23:31Right, the internet vision.
23:33We've got a bit of a challenge here now.
23:34Obviously, the internet is going to ÂŁ55.
23:37Right.
23:38ÂŁ60.
23:39So, it's going to ÂŁ60.
23:40Do you want to go ÂŁ65?
23:42No, not ÂŁ60.
23:44Just go to ÂŁ70.
23:46ÂŁ70.
23:46Let's clear the room.
23:47Let me know we mean business.
23:49ÂŁ70 on the phone.
23:50ÂŁ70 on the phone.
23:51ÂŁ70 on the phone.
23:52Not the net.
23:53ÂŁ70 on the telephone.
23:54So, we're on...
23:55ÂŁ70 on the telephone.
23:57Not the net.
23:58It's on the telephone at ÂŁ70.
23:59ÂŁ70.
24:08Johnny Vegas has taken a break from a buying trip in Newark
24:12to phone in to a live toy auction to bid on Thirsty Bear.
24:17And the stakes are high.
24:18We've got a bit of a challenge here now.
24:20So, it's gone ÂŁ60.
24:21Do you want to go ÂŁ65?
24:22Just go to ÂŁ70.
24:24ÂŁ70.
24:25ÂŁ70 on the phone.
24:26ÂŁ70 on the phone.
24:27ÂŁ70 on the phone.
24:28Not the net.
24:29ÂŁ70 on the telephone.
24:30So, we're on...
24:31ÂŁ70 on the telephone.
24:32Not the net.
24:33It's on the telephone at ÂŁ70.
24:36ÂŁ70 now.
24:37All up at ÂŁ70.
24:38We've put the hammer down at ÂŁ70.
24:40And that goes to...
24:41What's the number, please?
24:44Superb.
24:45Thanks, love.
24:46Thanks for calling.
24:46Bye.
24:49Getty!
24:50Getty!
24:52It's the find of the...
24:53It's the find of the series.
24:56It's all town hill from here.
24:58For me, it's just old stuff.
25:04Oh, I'm so happy.
25:08Johnny is now the proud owner of a toy panda with a drinking problem,
25:13together with a begging dog,
25:14which has topped off a very successful buying trip.
25:18I think I bought really well here.
25:20Your confidence grows.
25:21And, you know what, it's like becoming part of this little community.
25:25You sell something, it means you've got to replace it.
25:27Replacing it means you get to come back here.
25:29Coming back here means you get to keep doing what you love doing,
25:32and it's buying good stuff.
25:34Back at the shop,
25:42Johnny shows Bev his latest buys.
25:45Ooh!
25:46Including one rather unusual last-minute purchase.
25:49What is that?
25:51Johnny, that's creepy.
25:53I love this.
25:55Ah.
25:55It's completely unnecessary and wrong.
25:58I've got a feeling if they don't sell...
26:00I'm not bothered.
26:01It's coming home in your garden.
26:03I'm not bothered, anybody.
26:04Oh, this looks like an amazing lot.
26:07Let's leave her there and see if she attracts customers.
26:11LAUGHTER
26:11She's perfect.
26:14She's not going in the shop.
26:16She's staying there.
26:17What's that, madam?
26:18You've got lots of good bargains at Vintage Vegas.
26:22What, you'll be back again?
26:24She's a conversation piece, definitely.
26:25She holds her own.
26:27Oh, you should just leave there
26:28and just let people just come and sit and chat.
26:29Well, that starts a plan.
26:30Yeah.
26:31Ready to entice customers into the shop,
26:34the newest member of staff takes her place on the bench,
26:38while Bev and Johnny unload the rest of the stock.
26:43This was a fun day.
26:45I love the look of this.
26:48I think he was quite popular in the day,
26:51but he's come with the instructions and everything.
26:53Oh, wow.
26:54That's cool.
26:55It is, isn't it?
26:56Yeah.
26:57I think he sets out the stall for our toy section.
26:59Oh, depo.
27:01No, he's smart.
27:02He just made me giggle.
27:03What do we pay?
27:04All right, ventriloquist stall.
27:05You got in for six, Steph?
27:07I don't think there's a huge croquet in him.
27:11See what it...
27:12Have a look online, see if there's any more.
27:15Yeah.
27:15This looks like a really good shop.
27:17I like it.
27:18Love the table, love the mannequin, love the ventriloquist stall.
27:21Why don't we find out what I could earn?
27:23Should I go and get Dave, because John's not in today?
27:27All right.
27:27At least you know if you've bought well and you're going to get your money back,
27:30and then you can put on what you want.
27:32Yeah, go and get Dave.
27:33I'm just going to get one of the other traders, I met him the other day, he was actually having
27:41a look when we were setting up and he loved all of Johnny's stuff, and he just said, look,
27:45give me a shout if he needs a hand.
27:46Dave has been a dealer for over two decades and shares Johnny's taste for quirky items.
27:52Johnny's shop, it's cool, he's certainly setting it up nicely, he's got some very quirky
27:57bits in there, certainly a lot of bits that would interest me.
28:00Having been at Dagfields for the last 12 years, Dave knows just how to price for the local
28:06customer base.
28:06Right, Dave, how are you?
28:13I'm all right.
28:14Yeah?
28:15I don't like him, this one.
28:16How are you?
28:17We went to Newark at the best, maddest, like, a few hours a minute, you know what I mean?
28:25It was just a pack of vans, there, there, boom, boom, boom, boom, deals.
28:29Have a look at this, which I want to use for display, but I want it up for sale.
28:33Yeah.
28:33It's XRAF.
28:35Yeah.
28:35It's from the NAFFE, it's stamped underneath, it's 1945.
28:39Right.
28:40So it's got the provenance.
28:42I paid ÂŁ3.50.
28:44OK.
28:45What do you think it's worth, in all honesty?
28:47Is that all the money in it?
28:49Well, you want to use this for display, don't you?
28:53I do, but...
28:54So you're not in a rush to sell it particularly, I would say, are you?
28:57No.
28:57Cos to me, that's perfect for in front of your window.
29:01So if you paid ÂŁ3.50, you've got to get something back on it, but I think you've got to
29:04keep it under the ÂŁ5, I'd say about ÂŁ4.75 put on that.
29:07That's grand, that's good.
29:08It's serving a purpose, it looks good, it suits the shop.
29:11Well, it looks good, and it's earning for you as well, isn't it?
29:13So it's got that value to yourself, not just a profit in selling it on.
29:17The sign felt like a no-brainer, it's in good enough, Nick.
29:30And signs is where the sickness started.
29:34I like gnarly.
29:35I don't like perfection in me.
29:37Got it, yeah.
29:38In me signs.
29:38No, I like that.
29:39You can't say that's no reproduction, is it?
29:42I paid ÂŁ120 on that.
29:44I've got a figure in mind, but I'd be interested, what would you put that out at?
29:48Do you know, I think for something like that, looking exactly as it is, you could go nearly
29:54ÂŁ250 on that.
29:55I'd certainly ÂŁ220, ÂŁ230, I think.
29:57That's weird.
29:58Quite comfortably, I think.
29:59That's great.
30:01I'd pay ÂŁ220 if I walked in.
30:03You would?
30:03Yeah.
30:05Johnny's passion for signage has really paid off.
30:07He could almost double his money with this enamel advertising sign.
30:12This, it made me laugh.
30:17You know I'm going to be borrowing this off you, don't you?
30:19Isn't it?
30:19I'm going to borrow that.
30:20You're just going to, this is.
30:22You're going to look, yeah, yeah, yeah, do it.
30:26Go on, tell me, what'd you pay for that?
30:29I'll take off my notes, ÂŁ60.
30:31ÂŁ60.
30:32You could easily be putting that up for like ÂŁ185.
30:36Honest to God, because you've got everything with it.
30:38You've got the instructions, you've got the original box, you've got the original wrapper.
30:42Oh, that's fabulous.
30:42Even in that condition, the box.
30:44That's a bargain at ÂŁ60.
30:46Wow, wow.
30:47It really is.
30:47Cool.
30:48That's great, that.
30:50The Archie Andrews Ventriloquist doll was produced in the 1950s by Palatoy.
30:56And they are still a sought-after collector's item.
31:00Dave's lovely, great to talk to, good insight.
31:04Like the fact he likes it, eclectic, along with me.
31:07Really positive.
31:08A couple of these, Archer, he's played a blinder.
31:12The newer call that he's just done, he's got some very quirky bits in there.
31:16Yeah, I think he'll do all right, he knows what he likes.
31:18The fun is the buying it, the hunting the stuff down, that's the enjoyable bit.
31:23The selling bit comes after, that's just the pat of the banter, can you make a bit of profit on it.
31:28Good luck to him, I think he'll enjoy it, he'll enjoy it.
31:33So, the new pieces are all priced up, ready to make a potential profit.
31:37But there is one special delivery that Johnny may struggle to part with.
31:43I've got a delivery for you!
31:47Why does that scare me?
31:49I think you're going to like it.
31:51Thor said that.
31:52No, you will!
31:53Do you know what, you're not very good, I know, you're not very good at getting it.
31:56But this is, I think it's something you're expecting.
32:02Death.
32:03In a box.
32:05What's in the box?
32:06God, this is just some precious cargo.
32:12It's special, that is...
32:14And the end!
32:19This makes life worthwhile.
32:21It makes everything good!
32:24The find of finds.
32:25The only grail.
32:27Thirsty bear!
32:31And the mechanical begging dog.
32:33I haven't actually seen him, I've heard so much about Thirsty Bear.
32:36Right, you ready?
32:37Yeah, go on.
32:40When I say to you...
32:43What?
32:44Can I have some sweets at the checkout?
32:46Can you remind me that I've already had a fizzy drink?
32:50Is that you?
32:55With a tantrum?
32:57Oh, he's very cute.
33:00Anyway, begging dog's great.
33:02Wait till you meet his friend.
33:04This is my favourite thing.
33:05This is my favourite, favourite.
33:07Nothing genuinely has made me this happy in you.
33:10You're a kid.
33:12Yeah.
33:13Christmas morning.
33:14Yeah.
33:14And you pray to Santa.
33:19You ready?
33:20Yeah.
33:20You won't ever be ready.
33:22Like, ready ready.
33:23I hope you've not bigged it up too much.
33:25The Thirsty Bear!
33:26What's he drinking, vodka?
33:29I don't know why you'd assume that.
33:31It's clear.
33:33Seriously, just, just, just, just, don't, say it for once, say nothing.
33:37Just let it wash over you.
33:39You ready for this?
33:40This is a random morning.
33:41Oh, God.
33:42I just want to...
33:44I love you.
33:46I love you.
33:47I love you.
33:48I've not warmed him up enough, because he, he does, he fills his own cup.
33:59Come on, Thirsty Bear.
34:02That's it.
34:03Ooh!
34:04Oh, God, I've had a tough day.
34:06Oh, God, isn't he fabulous?
34:10Happy birthday to me.
34:14Oh, God, Thirsty Bear.
34:16Oh, that's brilliant.
34:18Look at his eyes.
34:19Look at his, look at his entire...
34:21Do you want to hear a mouth mill?
34:22Shuttle.
34:23Oh, somebody else.
34:24No, make me...
34:25This genuine 1950s ALPS Japan wind-up toy is a rare vintage find.
34:34Complete with original box, it could fetch a high price.
34:38The question is, is the price high enough for Johnny?
34:43OK, come and have a look at this.
34:45What have you got now?
34:45Just me buy advice, I'm so happy.
34:48Look at the name of it, look at the box.
34:49Just enjoy the box, enjoy the graphic.
34:52Thirsty Bear.
34:52Yeah.
34:53Do you want to see Thirsty Bear?
34:54Go on.
34:55Oh, I've got to go to work!
35:01You've done this on purpose.
35:02You love me.
35:03You know that this is what I'm coming in for, don't you?
35:05Yeah.
35:07See, it's just the box that adds to it.
35:09It's just some movement on Hermes.
35:11They really do, don't they?
35:15Do you like them?
35:15I do.
35:16I do, I can.
35:17Go on, what have you got them for?
35:18Were they?
35:19I got them as a pair.
35:21They were auctioned as a pair.
35:23I paid 80.
35:2590?
35:2690.
35:2790 for both.
35:28So are you going to sell it?
35:30Dave, I can't right now.
35:32I think I'm guessing I know where you're at on him.
35:35And it just won't be enough.
35:36It's going to be a tangent.
35:38I think you're thinking, I'm hoping you're thinking 120.
35:41I've come as a customer today.
35:43Oh.
35:44Honestly, it's just out the box.
35:46Literally.
35:46It's literally been just delivered.
35:48I've been waiting for this.
35:50It's been one of my most sort of anticipated finds.
35:55It'll be like selling one of your own children and one of your mic.
35:57It's reluctantly parting with these things, isn't it?
36:02I don't think anybody's going to buy a thirsty bear.
36:04Dave will really have to work hard to get the thirsty bear off him.
36:07It's just boys and toys, isn't it?
36:09Boys and toys.
36:21Back at Vintage Vegas, the sales are in full swing.
36:25Don't cry.
36:26I'm your New Yorker.
36:31Yeah.
36:33Shall we put him back?
36:35She's shattered, you can see.
36:38Same as me.
36:40Genuinely.
36:41Thirsty bear.
36:43Oh.
36:43Crack.
36:44Oh.
36:46I promised him to another dealer.
36:49I promised him first dibs on him.
36:52And if you watch him, he's probably the best I've ever been.
36:56But I'll never see another.
36:58Yeah.
36:59Yeah.
37:01It's just, it's, it's everything that's right about it is wrong about it.
37:05He's rare.
37:06You know what I mean?
37:07He's, he's, he's proper rare.
37:09If I could interest you in the begging dog, but he's, he's, the begging dog's fun, but he's an absolute gem.
37:14Just makes, makes me happy.
37:16So we can't persuade you to part with him again.
37:19Tell me what you'd offer me on him.
37:22See, I don't know anything about stuff like this.
37:24I just like him.
37:25Erm, 120.
37:26I, I, I, I, I can't let go for that.
37:32I'm sorry.
37:33And I've got to see, I've got to give them for, are you around for the bit?
37:37Yeah.
37:38If Dave's about, I'll ask him what his best price is.
37:41If I'm really honest, I don't know if anybody's best price will be price enough to part.
37:48We'll pop that.
37:49All right.
37:50Lovely.
37:50Hope you do.
37:51And I will.
37:52I'll, I'll reach out.
37:53I'll say, and then, just let me think, I'll let him go.
37:57Wow.
37:58I can't believe we didn't sell Thirsty Bear for 120.
38:01That's crazy.
38:02That would have been a great profit for a little toy bear.
38:06Have you got, have you got a gun?
38:07No, don't pull that first.
38:08No.
38:09Someone's Dave made an offer.
38:11Dave would top that, would he?
38:14Oh, Dave would.
38:16All right, OK.
38:17I think I've got the start of a bidding war.
38:20Two people want it.
38:21And definitely, I believe, I believe that Dave's going to go higher.
38:27Time will tell if Johnny has made the right decision on Thirsty Bear.
38:31But right now, it's back to business.
38:34Oh, I love you.
38:36I love you.
38:37I love you.
38:38I love you.
38:39Leave her.
38:40Let's just get a flat share together and buy stuff like this.
38:44Is it one of the ones that show you how to, it is, is it?
38:46Yeah.
38:46Yeah.
38:47It was designed to teach you about lift with your legs, not with your back.
38:52Yeah.
38:52And what damage you can do.
38:54What are you doing?
38:54I mean, I'm teaching myself how to lift paint properly.
38:58You could explain this without making a model, couldn't you?
39:01Yeah.
39:02I fell in love with it.
39:0440 quid.
39:05Yeah, that's right.
39:0540 quid.
39:06And do you know what?
39:08It's bizarrely, I don't know why it adds to the back of it.
39:10It's Italian.
39:12Not fair enough.
39:13So the Italians, you know what I mean, apparently, how do you lift paint?
39:17And they go, we need a model.
39:19We need a model.
39:20I'm so, oh my God, you've made me so happy.
39:29What did you think when I bought that?
39:31I thought it was ridiculous.
39:35No, I knew it would give him hours of pleasure.
39:37He's just been playing with it all for weeks.
39:40Wonderful.
39:40Thank you very much.
39:43That's my so-loved dick.
39:46My so-loved dick.
39:47As the afternoon draws to a close,
39:52Johnny and Bev wrap up another successful day.
39:55Well, we've done better than us, Sunday.
39:58But one last customer has decided to return.
40:01Oh, hello.
40:02Oh, you know what?
40:03Let me give Johnny a shout.
40:05I'm coming, I'm coming.
40:07Sorry.
40:08Let me bring Dave, because you want to know.
40:14I've got one.
40:15You might be on hiding to nothing with this.
40:17Yeah.
40:17Let's see what Dave says.
40:20Hey, all.
40:21What's occurring?
40:23I'm just about to steal him, but you don't want me to have him.
40:25Well, good.
40:28I'd look after him.
40:29Johnny will back me up on this one.
40:30We've made a bit of a connection.
40:32Everybody does.
40:33It's that one toy that everybody does.
40:35It's not a toy, is it?
40:36It transcends.
40:38Right, OK.
40:39Here's what the land lies.
40:40Cool.
40:40Out in the ring, you came in, you offered ÂŁ1.20.
40:46Dave, just bid.
40:48What would you, from the ÂŁ1.20?
40:50Well, I'd easily opt to two.
40:53Two.
40:54It isn't the money for me, but it's, I feel like a little bit traumatised.
40:58I'm taking him off, you know.
40:59I know, but I'm using you to find out what to have.
41:02Well, I'll tell you now, I'll keep going.
41:04It would have to be something 300 plus for me to even start thinking about saying to R to him.
41:10And offer where you go, make me, you know what I mean, make me, make me do it.
41:15The ÂŁ1.20 was fair.
41:19The ÂŁ200 is fireworks.
41:24OK, my top offer, 325.
41:26It makes no fiscal sense to turn down, 325.
41:39Could this be the end of Johnny's love affair with Thirsty Bear?
41:43Is he ready to think like a dealer and say goodbye?
41:47Do you know what?
41:50This is it.
41:54I just don't want to sell him.
41:56I don't want to sell him.
41:59The heart's got to rule the head.
42:00Yeah, I get it.
42:01I'm really sorry.
42:03I feel awful.
42:04I don't want to waste your time.
42:06If you like him, keep him.
42:07What about would you do the dog?
42:09Do you know what?
42:10You, right, OK.
42:11I'll give you the dog with the box, with everything.
42:14Dave will tell you it's a bargain.
42:16I'll give you the dog for 20 quid.
42:18Oh, I couldn't take that for 20 quid.
42:20That's unethical on my part.
42:21No, it's not.
42:22I'll do it as a thank you for not.
42:24I'll, I'll, I feel bad for taking that.
42:27All right, 220.
42:30You got me.
42:31You know, I'd a zero.
42:33Not that, I'd take the dog's 30 pounds.
42:35Yeah, that's more than fair.
42:37Thank you, Matt.
42:37Thanks for understanding why.
42:39Yeah, I get it.
42:40I get it, I get it, honestly.
42:42I've just never, and do you know what?
42:45Outside of a certain galaxy far, far away, I've never bought loads of toys, but none have
42:51just reached out and immediately gone.
42:54Do you know you're going to make me cry?
42:56You really are.
42:57Not like, like, thirsty bearers.
42:58Aw.
42:59Thank you so much.
43:00Aw.
43:01Are you okay letting him go?
43:02Let me put him in a little bag.
43:03I am within 30 quid more than I fit.
43:06Thank you for understanding why.
43:08I just need him around for a bit longer.
43:10Yeah, absolutely.
43:11Absolutely.
43:13Aw.
43:15Take care.
43:16Bye-bye.
43:17Well, that was close.
43:18That was tough, man.
43:22The interest he's generated, just by having him in the shop, he's that, Thirsty Bird has
43:29made me a genuine dealer, and it might be the one item in my life I could possibly just
43:37get buried with.
43:38Bye-bye.
44:08Bye-bye.
44:09Bye-bye.
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