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[Music] targeting the super rich prestige is a pawn broker with a difference supercars jewellery watches fine wines are almost anything of value if it's expensive we want it we're probably looking at about a quarter of a million based in affluent surrey i'm hoping to get about 40 000 pounds for it and london's diamond quarter the treasure trove look they deal exclusively in luxury goods you're looking at 45 000. i think we need some champagne she's looking for 40 000. she's talking in pounds or rupees this time a mysterious treasure chest excites the team if we can prove a royal connection the value's going to go through the ceiling a deal on a barge leaves james stranded why is the smoke coming out slight mechanical hitch and the pawn shop takes on its most unusual item yet party hell you don't see that every day oh my god it's immense welcome to the world of posh porn [Music] good morning what have you got today i've got a big collection of banknotes it's a very pretty ring love it this pawn broker will lend money on virtually anything of value spitfire markets going crazy they make four million quid now but the greater the price happy to present you with an offer of 100 grand the greater the risk i don't know that's not so how much this potentially could be disastrous if i get this wrong pawn broken can be a risky business every item we take in we don't know whether it's gonna be fake or real and that's the chance we take it's not right i'm afraid for owner james constantino it's become a way of life my god i absolutely love the buzz associated with a risky item especially if it's high-end that's absolutely amazing that is incredible james has always taken risks calculated risks when someone says you can't i like to prove them wrong i don't see that stopping now now he's taken on his biggest challenge to date it's looking great isn't it cheers launching a flagship store in the heart of london's jewellery quarter prestige people thought i was mad coming to hatton garden i'm in amongst the hustle and bustle of the jewellery quarter but i really really want to prove my worth james must be feeling the pressure you'd be crazy not to business is about taking risks and there's no exception when it comes to pawn broken it really is a risky business and garden doesn't work out everything is at stake we could potentially go bust [Music] it's the opening week of the new hatton garden store and james is about to deal with one of his first client inquiries james would be able to help you lady with some jewelry okay and what else have you got cheers joe thanks bye she's gonna pop down and see her so her name's joe lovely name [Music] she's got a couple of watches and diamond rings there's the diamond rings got three stones of two carat each oh that'd be good then the owner of the jewellery is windsor businesswoman joe i am a sun worshipper hence i own a sunbed shop a spray tan at five o'clock it's a social place people come in to have a chat just met a man and our third date fancy dress party ended up staying in a tent [Laughter] jo believes the secret to her eight years of success at the salon lies in her technique i honestly think you've either got the talent to spray town or you haven't you've either got a neck or you haven't faced the other side obviously it's not like spraying a car because it's a person i've sprayed an 84 year old lady what color do you want to go danny we're going to go quite dark yeah i've sprayed a five-year-old child at a party i've sprayed a seven foot man you name it i've probably sprayed it let it rub against the sky it's a fantastic little business but the recent breakup of a long-term relationship has led joe to reflect on her life i'm not getting any younger um i've got no children so i haven't got any responsibilities in that department i used to live in spain and i've always had that passion to go back to spain joe wants to move forward with her new plan and buy a dream house abroad she's keen to get her friend's opinion on potential properties that'll work out about 300 english let's find a five bedroom it's got a pool the problem is i don't at the moment when i get too excited or find something that is perfect and when i haven't got financial backing i loved i fell in love with it when i went to gym it's perfect yeah but selling her business won't be enough to fund a new life abroad and joe's pinning her hopes on some jewellery to turn her dream into a reality my watch my patek philippe watch my pride and joy actually i never take it off it was a great buy um i paid 500 pounds for the watch for a family member who needed the money at the time i offered her something silly and she took it the exclusive designer watch won't raise the funds alone [Music] so to help out joe's mom anne has decided to support her by giving her a family heirloom to porn right nan's ring okay that's the one how are you feeling about this it's good i'm good with it it's going to give you a new start it is obviously sentimental because it was it was left to me by my mother it means a lot giving this ring to joe but i feel it's the right time to do it if i had children it'd be a different story wouldn't it emotional i can't even tell you how much i appreciate it i love you so much if i could walk away with 20 000 pounds that would give me the deposit i need that would give me enough at the moment with the greatest concentration of jewelry shops in the uk competition is tough for the new hatton garden store we're in hatton garden and we're in richmond then we're in way bridge big bad boy yeah it's nice really nice people thought i was absolutely crazy opening up in hatton garden good morning prestige hat and garden we're new kids on the block and we've got a lot to prove to ensure success james needs to guarantee that his business stands out from the crowd and he's received an email inquiry that could help him do just that it's a reproduction gothic suit of armor oh my god reproduction isn't worth much is it well the real ones could be hundreds of thousands of pounds i'd love to see you sell that be intrigued how you find a buyer for that i was just interesting isn't it when i first saw the armor it was a real challenge to me i know joe was very skeptical but i just had to take it north wales home to the owner of the suit of armor rob i've been working on cars since about seven or eight helping my dad in the garage driving him mad usually rob makes a living out of his passion for cars repairing and restoring them hi mr stevens your 411 should be ready friday seven years ago it was a job which made him wealthy we're full staff we're turning over anything from 12 to 20 or so cars a week i made most of my money by doing insurance work on the vehicles for the name dealers rob's success meant he could enjoy the high life i was a millionaire on paper nearly enough this is my bentley you know lovely big boat this is my 4 30 ferrari i've never been a saver because i think he could be dead tomorrow rob's estate included an 18th century mansion it was my dream house when i saw the house i fell in love with it had a good standard of life spend a couple of grand in about 10 minutes but as the recession hit the business took a nosedive it all went wrong probably i'd say about 2008 people not spending money i lost a few contracts went over my overdraft limit and i just couldn't carry on you know [Music] i lost my mum and dad in 07 i was really close to them that was the biggest wrench i think from there really maybe things just started to spiral down quick i lost my fight as well because of his problems rob has had to downsize to living in a static caravan they say every englishman's home is his castle this is mine life at the moment is tough it's i'm just existing at the moment your kitchen it doesn't quite compare to the kitchen they used to have bathroom the gold taps it's adequate but it's bloody cold [Music] losing everything has made rob realize what's important in life i don't want a fancy house anymore and all the toys i just want this cottage that could be on the river i need to raise about between 60 and 70 000 to do that he's come up with a cunning plan he's going to pawn the only remaining indulgence from his former life a made-to-measure suit of armor with accompanying napoleonic horse kitted out ready for battle since i was a child i've always been fascinated with medieval suits of armor i had it commissioned by a famous armorer from lincolnshire took him about a year and i had to go down about three times for fittings because it actually fits me i feel like houdini i paid 15 000 for the suit and the horse i'm hoping to raise about 3 000 but it'll be worth a lot more than that so i would except for prey and james can sell it for me i'm gonna be buried in it if he doesn't so can james come to the rescue and find a buyer for rob garden has been the center of london's jewellery quarter since medieval times it's the perfect place for pawnshop boss james constantino to set up his new store good afternoon i've got your email about six to eight hundred quid for carrie grant's pajamas one of the main major benefits of being in hatton garden of course is you attract very high-end pieces which bring along with them high-end clients which eight equals high-end loans obviously got tate it's a beautiful room thank you and they said it's actually priceless but to cope with the increase in demand there's a need for new staff we've now got olga on board and she's uh the manager of uh the hat and garden store she's doing a great job it's been very difficult for her to come on board with all our different things that we deal with this job is completely different from what i used to do to be honest i am enjoying myself oh can i just oh they didn't hold it yes there are also new systems in place still not connecting girl i'm in it and changes affecting the whole team since hatton garden opened basically all the staff become nomads traveling between each branch so i'm really enjoying it it's early afternoon and lawrence is working at the weighbridge shop an email inquiry has caught his eye this is quite interesting jake moe i've got an email from a lady about um an antique chest belonging to queen victoria really yeah come on look at this it's actually quite nice got some documentation here as well look at this it's allegedly a present from gerard to the queen yeah wow could be worth quite a bit actually especially if the actual uh prominence actually does bring them back to queen victoria that'd be interesting that yeah so what i'll do is get actually bring the chest up here i'd like to see that in the flesh [Music] the royal chest belongs to businesswoman katie it looks like a payment's coming for 115 000. who lives in kent with her partner adrian yeah i've got you here okay together they run an insurance business from home and are looking to expand right now this company could do with an injection of cash of around 40 000 pounds that would mean bigger offices and a slicker system to work with katie is hoping to raise the money to invest in her business by selling a wooden chest bought by her late father rudy when she was just the little girl my dad was a swiss man handsome fit a little bit crazy total adventurer such a surprising chap he's here wearing lord montgomery's uniform and the reason for that is for a little while he was a personal chef and cook to lord montgomery towards the end of his colourful life rudy moved to kent and opened an antique shop he could pick up a grandfather clock in the morning for 12 pounds and sell it that afternoon for 3000. so i'm really really hoping that this could be one of those purchases it's got to got to got to be real i think the chest was a gift to queen victoria and prince albert where would you find that to stick that on there in the first place possibly a wedding gift from garage the jewelers who are the jewelers to the royal family and if you open it the lock the lock looks like a the lock's got a royal ceiling on it doesn't it i don't know if this is going to turn out to be a treasure chest for me or just an old chest but i'm really hoping that the pawn shop can unlock that mystery for us antiques enthusiast lawrence is the man for the job and he's asked katie to bring the chest into weighbridge so he can start his detective work [Music] hello there's not a diamond in there no it's kate isn't it yeah it's a beast isn't it it is a bit of a beast when i first saw the wooden chest i was really impressed but almost straight away i'd better shed some light on it what it's actually saying to you is garage yeah goldsmiths and silversmiths and jewellers to the queen oh i see you've got a present that she commissioned for her cousin prince george cambridge right i'd never put that together myself how it reads so you've still got potential a very nice available item excellent i mean at the end of the day what are you looking to sell it i would sell it if i got what i felt it was worth going i don't know what it's worth i certainly wouldn't part with it for two three thousand i think it could get upwards for forty thousand to forty thousand okay so if we're looking say forty thousand plus what you're looking for you know i think it's a lovely piece um we're gonna have to look into it further brilliant we'd love it to meet you look after yourself and look after the chest it will be looked after wonderfully don't you worry thank you cheers any chance to lift with this to me to me i have quite an awful lot of confidence in in um lawrence actually because he's he's pointed something out that nobody ever put together yeah i've got confidence that he'll find out one way or the other if it's worth something if it's authentic because they were the crown jewelers weren't they that's right if we can prove a royal connection then obviously the value is going to go through the ceiling good morning prestige it's two weeks since the new store opened doesn't want to sell it once alone against it and business is booming good afternoon how can i help you when you first open obviously it's a little bit worrying not knowing who's going to come through the door right let's have a look we're actually settling in now we're starting to enjoy it but i need at least half hour to do some work on them okay i'll take that in today james is in the weighbridge shop and has just received a call from someone looking to get a loan against their narrow boat sounds like quite a thing 55 foot long it's uh quite a beast i like to pride myself on the fact that i will almost loan against anything and when the barge come in i must admit i did feel a little bit out of my comfort zone potentially i think he's looking to raise 25 grand but i think the thing's worth a lot more i think we've got figures here of perhaps 70 80 grand hopefully the sun will be shining and we'll get out there and have a little look at it and we'll go from there needs money fast so james gets straight on the road but the prospect of a big loan is possibly more enticing than the barge itself i mean i don't do canal boats generally i saw the email coming and i saw bo i thought this would be a bit of fun you know i had visions of me on the top deck sort of sipping a pina colada or a uh pims or something you know then i saw barge the boat is owned by 47 year old richard who's looking for a loan of 25 000 pounds you must be james hi pleased to meet you very good thanks for coming no problem i see you bought your brolly yeah i've got me probably i'm fully equipped as you can see i'm in the seafaring mode yeah you're wet weather gear is great let's get inside coming this way this is the bedroom very good i can see why it's called a narrow boat now when i boarded the barge and saw how wonderful it was inside i could actually see myself in there at the weekend and i thought this would actually suit someone there must be some money in this are we going to fire up yeah like on the open seas am i doing all right you're doing absolutely brilliantly i've got it down to fine art now it's all in the wrist it's amazing when i was at the helm of the barge it was all very relaxing i was getting into it and i was quite chilled out but unfortunately it was just about to change don't worry about that temperature yeah that's not good me probably haven't moved it for a while i haven't not for six months i should shut the radiator slight mechanical hitch got a little bit warm he's down there now having a little rummage i would help out but uh it's not really my bag you know i'm better suited just stuff here just keeping a lookout there's no water in the radiator and there's a tap over there and i was wondering if you'd do the um of course i will thank you glare to be of use it wasn't great for richard he'd got me down there to inspect it and it wasn't really up to scratch from his point of view it wasn't a great start i'm not used to this my shoes are all damn i'm late i've got to get back to surrey i've got a client to me in about half an hour this is why i prefer ferraris you've got my full support but you're walking oh yes okay this is the islington tunnel which is one of the longest tunnels in the country looks like quite a feat of engineering yeah it's quite something isn't it it's going all right [Music] i'd do almost anything for money but breaking down in the middle of that tunnel in a half-working barge was ridiculous and i thought was it worth it hell [Music] rog hello mate i'm stuck in the middle of a tunnel on a barge broken down overheated stinking a diesel with wet feet shut up thankfully there were some fellow barging pensioners that came to our rescue they threw us a tow line and pulled us out of the tunnel to safety [Music] well i'm on a gondola in venice [Music] ridiculous just keep it straight huh just keep it straight it all became quite surreal to me he started there were people on the bank laughing at us as we were towed along hey hold on a minute i'm actually not gonna look around i might even pretend it still works [Music] i had a lot to think about and a lot of decisions to make and i needed really to go back to the office to sort it all out i needed to come down have a look and i'm sure you'll get that sorted cheers mate great thanks love your help cheers cheers james bye the business may be used to dealing with unusual items but james's hope for the new store is to attract high-end jewelry good afternoon sir how can i help you i have a few pieces it says italy 750 presumed to be 18 karat gold okay great i mean james is set up in hatton garden because this really is the central diamond business and the jewellery trade one client hoping her jewelry is top end is sunbed owner joe hello beautiful isn't it come on have a look she's looking to raise money to start a new life in spain this is my nan's watch we've got absolutely no idea of price or value or it was a vintage piece yeah it's the old manual that's not wired up somewhat and i've also got my patek philippe watch oh lovely nice yeah so is it alone or something sorry i'll show you what else i've got so this is that's a big boy and when joe came in and showed me the three items i knew instantly the watches weren't going to get the money it was all on a diamond ring right the golden question how much you looking for i'm looking at 20 000 yeah obviously really nice watch amiga a good brand and a three stone garden ring which is quite sizeable yeah so i want to just look into it thank you i look forward to hearing i hope he gets the figure you want okay so do i thank you so much pleasure bye-bye thank you bye thank you i feel excited but i also feel really nervous my move to spain really does depend on what i get for the jewellery that's massively important [Music] also arriving at the pawn shop is a rather more unusual item and it's causing quite a stir rob has made the journey down from north wales with the armor so that james and his team can appraise it got me under the horse's ball it's absolutely madness very nice very nice bloody hell let's see that every day let's have a look at it well that really is a beast well i won't be getting that on the mountain peace no when the suit of armor and the horse came to the door i was godsmacked i've never seen anything like it and the size of it it was an amazing piece of kit you've impressed me i love it what sort of money are you looking for it cost me 15 grand yeah i'd like to get five upwards of a quarter when rob said that he wanted five grand for the suit of armor my heart did sink slightly but i thought hell it should go for it there must be someone out there will pay for it a bit of a wrench you'd have to sell it no it is breaking me half but i'm basically starting again and this is the last thing i've got we'll obviously have to leave it with me yeah okay and uh i'll speak to you shortly all right lauren thanks very much nice to meet you see you soon bye bye bye joe yeah you've got to come and have a look at this i can't wait to see james's face i know my night shining armor would turn up one day yes when the suit of armor and the horse came through the door i just could not believe my eyes that is taking up a lot of space you actually like it don't you i actually do like it very much oh will you enjoy and just get rid of it by the end of the week all right that's probably the most weirdest thing that's walked into a pawn brokers especially in london it's priceless priceless as reaction [Music] this is definitely the biggest thing we've ever had in the shop by far it's immense it might be immense but can they sell it there might be somebody out there as crazy as me that might want to buy it [Music] it's been three weeks since the new store opened hello prestige 500 bands forever and the staff are getting excited at the influx of luxury goods coming in joe have a look what do you think oh wow god oh can i put these on no joe no i think joe's gonna have to keep her hands to herself she's like an octopus when we see these pieces we've got a lot of people coming in from north london it's a very high-end area so yeah i'm expecting a lot of banks to come through here and good quality ones as well one object already in the shop waiting to be looked at is the life-size suit of armor and horse and lawrence is keen to get started on it i love it this is the sort of thing that really gets me excited i'm gonna make it my goal to actually sell this rob after the initial excitement we had to remember two things one it was a reproduction outfit secondly been had made for rob so we really had to start thinking outside the box it's all well and good getting excited about these unusual items that come through the door but it's not an easy task to get rid of something like that it's a real challenge but i'm up for it with a big task ahead lawrence gets straight on the phone hello my name is for company called prestige pawn brokers i mean i started off bringing people like armor companies reenactment societies just wanted to be interested in a suit of armor but it's unbelievably hard to try and explain this item over the phone it really is one of those things you have to see to believe when i show you the pictures from our showroom you'll love it speak to you on monday terry cheers bye well that's a bit like buses you have nobody for ages and now we've got two potential buyers of the suit of armor so brilliant since we've been in the center of hatton garden a lot of people have obviously come in and trying to test us to see whether we know what a fake is whether we're any good with diamonds jewelry etc we couldn't sell them okay and that's the problem okay they'd have to all be diamonds for us to even take them in getting an expert opinion is vital with high-end goods yeah i mean that is really crude engraving on there stan's a pretty good color it's lovely and the new store's location in london's jewellery district has meant there's a wealth of expertise for james to call upon lots of these little traders here and a network of individuals that have been here for many years and they're becoming very useful to the business in a way that we're not used to and one expert has already made an impression shabir is a great guy he fixes polishes cleans jewellery he's a great man he knows everyone who had gone he's in and out doing all sorts of things for us so we're working about nearly 13k what makes me laugh is us get someone to spend a day working out the color the clarity the value and then i'll say too oh shabir what do you think about that and within two seconds you give me a value which is usually spot on to what we've worked out how amazing yeah how do you think about it and very good quality uh diamond quite clean it's quite amazing i think we're all pretty much in awe of the guy and his knowledge is quite invaluable james is keen to get shabir's opinion on client joe's jewellery and so lawrence heads over to his office for evaluation is at the golem of hatton garden what he doesn't know about diamonds isn't worth knowing hello how are you good afternoon how are you good afternoon to you too my friend what a client really nice lady and she wants to have a b in spain so i want to get as much money as possible so so you think about i've got my own idea what do you think oh this is this nice ring i think it's a a propositionally about two carrots so we're looking roughly it's a little bit yellow i think the color i think is the h or j color yeah yeah so what do you think of the car uh cut is a beryllium cut and this cut easy to sell yeah if it's the same color or the same same size it'd be a better price right i'll take that back to james and we'll talk about it and then we'll get back to the client well everything's right about this ring the size the quality it's the color is the real problem i really want to get for 20 000 for joe because she wants to start a new life in spain now it is getting there but you know i am concerned we're going to actually get to the full money getting a value on diamonds is one thing but valuing a 30-foot barge is quite another james is in the weighbridge store researching the barge it's not easy researching these things they seem to be all over the place in terms of their value but having never done a deal on such an item is proving difficult to value you know you can buy them for 20 grand or you're buying for 120 grand so like it's not an easy thing we don't have a barge expert sitting here on a daily basis and there's not many buyers out there for those sorts of items at the moment and as such it became really really difficult to appraise eventually a call from a barge specialist gives james the information he needs to make a decision on the loan if i can get 47 for it that's okay is it waiting on the outcome is owner richard he's hoping the barge has held its value despite its failings i've asked james for 25 000 pounds obviously there's a bit of a hitch yesterday and the engine overheated i very much hope it doesn't affect his decision hello richard is james here hi james how are you yeah i'm good how are you doing yeah i'm good thank you you fully recovered just about well we had a laugh didn't we it was an enjoyable afternoon thanks for coming out richard i've done some numbers it's not an easy thing to appraise as you know in terms of lending the 25 000 is not going to be an issue so i'm happy to present that figure to you great not a problem and it was a real pleasure meeting you richard and we'll get the place meeting you too and then before it goes we've got a little trip up properly in the sunlight with a glass of fabric or something that'll be absolutely let me know and we'll go do that be lovely thank you james cheers mate thank there you no problem with obviously lending the 25 000 pounds that's very good news i'm very pleased at the end of the day the problem with richard's narrowboat could be rectified and that's why i could offer him the loan also looking to do a deal is lawrence he's taken client katie's antique chest to garrod the makers of the piece in the hope to get more information about its worth it's become a mystery of this we've really struggled so we really had no other option but to go to gerard today and finally put this mystery to rest established since the early 18th century garrard is the official crown jeweller and today he is meeting director of silver and special commissions jessica hello hello hi how'd you do what do you think well it's amazing isn't it it's just like something out of robert louis stevenson's treasure island it's a classic strong box it's for storing the family silver but not just any family in this case as we can tell by the the rather special plaque here which says his royal highness the duke of cambridge and i presume that this contained some of his items of tableware i hear there's a label that is a galrad label inside so i'd love to see that fantastic this is just the most lovely treasure chest and this is the label that um i was hoping to see and what was really reassuring was being told by garretts themselves that my original thoughts but it was in fact a gift from queen victoria to another member of the royal family this particular chest contained two round dishes six dessert stands 24 gilt plates so it's a very magnificent set and part of a much larger service so you can imagine the scale of the tableware the client has spoken to a dealer he's sort of given a figure about a hundred grand oh perhaps full of treasure that's brilliant well thank you very much it's been really informative after a detailed history lesson lawrence can be confident of the royal connection but will that alone deliver the money katie needs for her business at the hatton garden store the horse and armor have become a bit of a tourist attraction and boss james has arrived to see what all the fuss is about oh my god what the hell that's brilliant james's reaction to the horse and armor was just like a kid in a sweet shop that's fantastic look at that i'm loving it you want to get on it don't you i'd love to get on that it's a work of art you get on it then get in this get yourself all strapped up in this look i will do when i think so busy i'll tell you well i'll sell that by the end of today james and i actually had a bet on this one 50 quid each and i really wanted to win it to increase his chances lawrence has arranged a viewing with a potential buyer a member of a reenactment society but he's not there to meet them [Music] i'm james how are you hi james oh good great i mean i was gutted that i couldn't be here when the buyer arrived it was james again taking over my sale thank god you're here because this has been causing a bit of a stir up here so i'm glad you've managed to come down we supply armor to people who would actually physically use it on the field all right well look have a look around it and uh let me know what you think [Music] it's the sort of thing that i would put on unfortunately it's a little bit on the small side for me i would try on definitely it may well be that if we do decide to take it it'll be on a full-size horse jousting within the next few weeks a lot of people out there love this sort of stuff i don't think they're probably going to come in at the full six grand i reckon they're going to try and bid me the client who owns it has been very patient and uh it'd just be really nice to get this one away i sort of like it though i actually quite like it in the shop it all seems to work correctly how are you getting on yourself what do you think then you love him what sort of figure are we talking about we really felt around the six grandma would be a fair sort of figure for it and that's everything include that includes a horse yeah i think we can probably come up with an answer for you within 24 hours good great to meet you both cheers thanks a lot cheers see ya there was a bet going on that lauren to be able to sell it before i did but he's not here and i am and if you snooze you lose unfortunately in this game good morning prestige hat and garden the first month at prestigious flagship store in central london has gone well three stone diamond ring two carrots each stone so potentially that could be a good one especially if you like carrots i prefer broccoli i'll ask if she got any broccoli then some jewellery here we're in it to win it and client rob's armor is still attracting interest in the shop window absolutely brilliant look at it everyone keeps stopping and have a look at it it's called such a stir let's go ahead and see joe joe you got a tin opener no [Laughter] oh my god do you like it yeah it's a shame you ain't got the rest on because that actually really suits you i've got a horrible feeling that james is starting to become very attached to the horse and armor he's going to want to end up keeping that i hope not in the waybridge branch lawrence is preparing to break the news to katie about her royal chest she's hoping to raise money for her business and has had her fingers crossed for a good result my hopes are that lawrence will phone me up and tell me that it's worth a small fortune that's my hope um and that way i can plow some more money into the business because it really needs it furniture is really not my thing um but this strong box i actually really quite like it it real sort of sherlock holmes stuff for this the queen victoria collection the prince george connection the garrow connection but will the chest's provenance mean big money for katie nervous so ridiculously madly nervous [Music] hello hello katie hi laurence how are you really nervous but excited i am excited too i think what we have to do is obviously make sure we get it right with our research on it what we do on this particular occasion as a first we took chester garrett to see what history they could have for us right lady galb was really excited about it i mean i'm not a furniture expert when she starts saying yes this belongs to prince george yes it's a strong box i got excited for you right because if you quite rightly thought at the time we discovered when she came into the shop yeah that obviously it was a garage chest um and the fact it did belong to prince george blimey so that was all correct it really did belong to prince george okay i suppose the all-important question now on the actual value of the item i would believe very happy to find out the actual value of the item i'm afraid it's quite disappointing is it yeah it'd be looking about 500 pounds seriously yeah even with the royal connection oh that's a shame at least you know now it's good to know yeah it's absolutely brilliant to know when i spoke on the phone you could hear she was gutted and i was really disappointed for her i have been pondering it and thinking well if it's a good outcome absolutely wonderful if it's not an outcome that would tempt me to sell it then i get to keep it and it was garage you know or it is exactly so all of that is quite nice to know i know that now do you know what i mean well thank you anyway thank you for the opportunity and bringing it into us okay lauren thank you for the call you take care bye so you gathered then um yes it's a garage chest yes it belonged to prince george and they'd probably give you 500 quid for it [Laughter] without the royal connection it'd be 200 well with the raw connection was 500 so the royal connection might double the money but it still was going to be major money the mystery's been sold which is you know it's lovely i'm really not as disappointed as you'd imagine in the hatton garden store james has received a call from the potential buyers of the suit of armor okay thanks for your time cheers bye that's mark who popped down to see the armor who i thought was gonna come back with a really good offer unfortunately he's not anywhere near what we need to be do you know what i'm going to do what are you going to do i'm actually going to buy it you're going to buy i've got a horse with an armored man on it i've got to joe for what reason i need one when you say you're buying it what's going through me is the fact that it's going to stay there taking up all that i know but it doesn't have to look good there let's face it i cannot believe that james has decided to buy that horse and armor and i don't mean for putting in his garden or his house to stay there in the shop front and i really hope that he's not thinking for one minute that i'll be polishing it [Music] oblivious to james's intentions is client rob who's awaiting news on the sale of his armor the horse arm is more or less the last thing i've got left he's looking for 4 000 pounds for the bespoke suit and horse to help him move out of his static caravan i've got a sally i've got to get rid of it and move on and you know carry on with my plans basically right let's give rob a call i'm hoping he probably won't even accept hello rob it's james from prestige look i'm sorry it's taken so long with your uh your armor it's been a real roller coaster ride of emotions we've thought we'd sold it we didn't sell it then we thought we'd sold it again and but look i've got some news i fancy having it for myself to be honest with you in the shop it's become a bit of a tourist attraction down here so look i don't know how you feel but would free fail 750 quid by i was open for at least four you know yeah i know you wanted a bit more but i'm trying to get out of this caravan winter's coming no i understand that it's just i wouldn't mind it here it's become part of the furniture here really yeah well actually make a good mascot you know it does um yeah i guess so yeah you're taking it i've got to be realistic i think they're just people out there spending that sort of money on suits of armor are pretty thin on the ground at the moment with everything that's going on so if you're happy with that that's lovely i'll get it all i'll get the money pinned over to you and uh we sold it out is that all right thanks for your help james cheers thank you bye yes oh wow i'm happy with james's offer you know it's realistic offer i suppose there's not many people out there for this you know suit of arm and it's not going to fit in your average living room is it let's face it whilst you've been in that loo i've actually purchased the armor how much have you paid for it or is it a secret because i'm sure you give hundreds in for it [Laughter] [Music] okay well let's hope you can get a bit more than fortune bringing you back i'm happy i think rob's happy and hopefully in time joe will be happy as well [Music] james might be pleased with his deal but will joe be satisfied with the news lawrence has for her about her treasured jewelry i'm excited but i'm nervous at the same time it's a lot of a lot riding on it after a recent breakup she's looking for 20 000 pounds to start a new life abroad i must admit when joe first walked through the door um first thing she showed me was the gold watch and my heart sank if we don't get the right price that i need for the items then yeah i'm definitely going to definitely going to hold on to them they're too special to let go for the wrong wrong amount of money luckily the ring came out as soon as i cleaned it up i realized this was the jewel in the crown so you know we've got my figures now together you know i've discussed it with james and we're going to make her an offer and i hope she's happy with it joe it's for you okay one sec hello hello joe hi it's lawrence from prestige oh hi laurence how are you i'm good thank you very much good nice to hear from you well i must admit one of you first brought your items in i was a little bit sort of but my heart went to my chest slightly okay now unfortunately the watch the amiga yeah i knew straight away you'd only really be looking at the scrap value right okay because of the age it's a vintage piece it said we're going to be a bit of a struggle i got slightly more excited with the petite philly but it was a gorgeous watch and again with the ring when i first saw it who are we going to get there i took it straight downstairs and we cleaned it up and it's come up like a true jewel in the crown has it really but it deserves to be what's the figure you really need to achieve this dream of yours i'm looking at about 20 what's the minimum you take on it 18 to 20 is what i'm really i'm looking for what are you what are you thinking i've got a figure for you i've discussed it with james we're both happy to go with it okay you're looking at will we buy all three of them as a parcel for 18 000. how do you feel about that all right okay i'm excited actually that's good um i'm really happy with that oh good oh that's um yeah it is a little yeah it's a little bit i've been ever so nervous i'll be honest um a bit worried about it laurence that's fantastic news oh fantastic lovely thank you so much i'll be in touch thanks so much [Music] yeah um they've offered me 18 for the three which made me go a little bit like that yeah which is fantastic she actually wanted between 18 and 20 and we've off to the 18 so that's one happy lady so that means the dream of going back to spain um and opening you know another business and starting a new life is definitely definitely a possibility now so yeah over the moon really really really chuffed i'm pleased you know sometimes i feel like i'm the grim reaper giving out bad news and today i've got some really good news so someone can achieve a really nice dream so pretty good sleep well tonight [Music] you

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Length: 46min 6sec (2766 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 03 2021