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This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,

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the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts

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against each other in an all-out battle for profit.

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I think I can see a bargain!

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Each day, one pair of duelling dealers

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will face a mighty challenge.

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Oh, yeah!

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Putting their reputations on the line.

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Ready for battle!

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They'll give you the insider's view of the trade...

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I'm a big boy, I'm a player.

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..along with their top tips and savvy secrets...

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It's not all about what you spend, it's about what you make.

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..showing you how to make the most money...

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It really is war!

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..from buying and selling.

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You've got to be in there like a whippet.

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Today, viewers, it's the finale of a thrilling week

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and the biggest battle yet. The mighty Showdown.

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Coming up, Paul dreams of striking the jackpot...

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There was a set of pottery like this in four panels,

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went for over £100,000.

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..John pops his cork for an unusual bit of upcycling...

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I've seen a number of items made from old champagne bottles,

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but I haven't seen one made into a little serving table.

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..and will our dealers make a profit

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in the toughest Showdown test, the auction?

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I'm delighted with that, that's brilliant.

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I'm delighted too. Through gritted teeth!

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This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

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In today's Showdown, our superhuman dealers

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flex their muscles and sharpen their talons

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as they prepare to fight for the title of top dealer.

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There is but one way to reign supreme -

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make the most profit and the accolade is guaranteed.

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First up is our Northern Powerhouse of Porcelain,

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a giant of the antiques world

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who can scale mountains of tat to wrench the bargains

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from the hands of the competition.

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His quirky humour hides razor-sharp knowledge and extensive experience.

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Why, it's Paul "Mr Morecambe" Hayes.

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It really is the North versus the South today, John.

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And do you know what? I've got the upper hand.

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His opposition today is a champion of upcycling,

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a trinkets tour de force,

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who will tirelessly track down a bargain and won't desist

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until he's pummelled the price tag.

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A snappy dresser who can turn a sow's ear

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into a profit-making silk purse.

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It's John "The Hammer" Cameron.

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I'm in it to win it. I come out swinging and I come down hard.

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Paul Hayes, I've got my eye zoomed in on you.

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Our experts have £1,000 of their own money to spend

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across four different locations -

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an auction,

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a car boot,

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a foreign antiques market

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and a UK antiques fair.

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Once they've landed their booty they must use their talents and charm

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to sell the lot, and any profit they make

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will go to their chosen charities.

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But the Showdown has a twist.

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At least half their items must be sold at the special Showdown Auction

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where our dealers have no control over the buying public.

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As the plot thickens,

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they must stand and watch as their items go under the hammer.

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Only one will be crowned king, but who will it be?

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-Good morning, John.

-Morning, Mr Hayes.

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-Welcome to the North.

-Is this a battle of the cheap suits today?

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It must be, yeah!

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Good job they're waterproof, isn't it(?)

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Well, "Welcome to the mighty Showdown.

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"The rules are straightforward.

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"You must each buy two items across four different locations.

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"You have £1,000 to spend."

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This says here, "You can sell up to four items wherever you want."

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That's always good. "The rest will be sold at the Showdown Auction

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"in direct competition with your opponent."

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-That's you.

-Is that me?

-Yeah, that's you!

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"The winner is the expert who makes the most profit."

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So, have you got your eye on anything already?

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-I've had a look at the catalogue. Have you?

-Yeah.

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First thing I'm going to buy is an umbrella!

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Well, the first thing I'm going to buy is a cup of tea! Come on.

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Two sugars, am I right?

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Our opponents are armed and dangerous,

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so let the battle commence with round one, the auction.

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Our dashing dealers have arrived at Warrington Auction in Cheshire,

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where they'll need to purchase two items each.

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So, what are their moneymaking strategies?

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I'm on the lookout for a couple of items for the mighty Showdown.

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Now, at least four of those Showdown items have to be sold at auction,

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so I'm unlikely to sell my auction items here today at auction again,

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because you're paying two lots of commission,

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and you'd have to buy really well in the first place to make a profit.

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For Paul, it's more about psyching himself up

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than any complex buying strategy.

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You know what? It's a lot harder than it looks.

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I've got two by two items for the Showdown,

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which really is the test of the whole week.

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It separates the men from the boys,

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and do you know what? I'm quite nervous.

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Man up, Paul! You can do this!

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There's time for a viewing of the goods on offer

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before the bidding starts,

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and The Hammer's picked up on a contemporary bit of bling.

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I've got my eye on this little ring.

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It's catalogued as gold tanzanite ring,

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and tanzanite is a relatively modern-ish stone

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that enjoyed a lot of popularity coming out of Tanzania.

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It's catalogued as vermeil,

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and that is a rather glossy, costume jewellery way of saying

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gold-plated silver. Quite dressy, not everyone's cup of tea

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with all those claws on there, because they catch jumpers and that,

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but quite a fashionable stone and I think I'll keep my eye on it.

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Paul is interested in more spiritual things and is about to enlighten us

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on a mysterious 19th-century statue.

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OK, now, this is a strange anomaly.

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This is a lovely old Buddha.

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It dates probably to the 19th century.

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You can tell that by all this wonderful age,

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the way it's been cast.

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But I think it started its life as a bronze.

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The problem is, over the years, somebody has taken to polishing it

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and polished all the wonderful patina away,

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and we end up with a brass-looking item.

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As a cheap brass Buddha, it's worth maybe £50 or £60,

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which is what it's in the catalogue as.

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As a genuine bronze item, it's worth several hundred pounds,

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and I think it started its life out as that.

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Where there's muck, there's brass, Paul!

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Or bronze. Preview over, it's time for the main event,

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as the auction begins.

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Up first is John's favourite sparkler.

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But can he get it within the £60-£80 estimate?

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I've got £45 bid, I look for 50 now.

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50 in the room. Is there 55 anywhere?

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£50 in the room, then.

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Good chance of a profit there.

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Looks like he's got that tanzanite.

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I think I had that once, but I got some cream off a doctor!

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Oh, what an image, Paul!

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After commission, John pays £60 for the ring and it's a glittering start

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to his Showdown campaign.

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He's soon gunning for his second buy

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when a contemporary chrome stag's head comes up.

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Estimate's 30-50.

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I don't really want to pay much more than the bottom estimate.

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I'm looking for 30. 30.

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In the room at 30. Selling.

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John gets his prey for £36 including fees.

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But why a chrome stag's head?

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A lot of people are still quite funny, quite rightly so,

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about real taxidermy,

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so this one kind of crosses both fields.

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It gives you that look, but it's made in stainless steel.

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£36, well, it's not DEER, is it?

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John's bought his two items, but Paul still needs to get bidding,

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and the Buddha he spotted earlier is up next.

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Start me at £100.

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He's trying to open at £100. It's too expensive.

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£50. 50 bid in the room.

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-Looking for 55. 55. 60.

-60.

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£60 in the room. 65. 70.

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-Go on.

-70 in the room now.

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£70, then, in the room.

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Go on, drop the hammer!

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It's about what I wanted to pay.

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A good old antique item.

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Paul wins the 19th-century Buddha for £84 including costs

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and can dig deeper to solve the brass versus bronze mystery.

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Asian artefacts are definitely on Paul's buying menu today,

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as next he goes for a Chinese ceramic plaque...

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55. 60.

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55.

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I think that has the biggest potential

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in the whole of this auction room.

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..fighting off the competition to secure it for £66, including costs.

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This is 20th-century, it's Chinese, it's called famille rose palette,

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which is the name of the colour that they actually used to decorate them.

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These Chinese characters usually represent some sort of poem.

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Most modern Chinese pottery tends to be very affordable,

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but there was a set of pottery like this in four panels,

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went for over £100,000.

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You can but dream, Paul!

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Our auction room opponents have made it through round one,

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so let's tot up the totals.

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From a £1,000 budget, Paul has spent £150 and has £850 left to spend.

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John has spent £96, leaving £904 in his kitty.

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So, let round two commence, at the car-boot sale.

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Our booter-rooters have arrived at Marks Tey in Essex.

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And once again, it's John who's quickest off the mark,

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motoring towards an unusual vintage toy.

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How much is the little Mamod steam truck?

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85 on it, but I'll do it for 80.

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It's a little bit rich for me if I want to make a small profit on it.

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-70.

-£70?

-Yeah.

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Madam, can I shake your hand? Thank you very much.

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It's a Mamod steam truck.

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Now, interesting toy manufacturer from Birmingham,

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they go back to the 1930s.

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And their fortunes turned very much in the lead-up to the war

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as people turned away from German-manufactured toys.

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And suddenly, Mamod became a real key player.

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But these were all the rage in the early sort of post-war period.

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Now, you can believe children would have played with this -

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you literally filled up the boiler here with water,

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under here you have a little spirit heater with a live flame

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and the spirit would heat up the water to produce the steam,

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and you'd just pull this lever here and that would

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kick the whole thing into action. This thing would go along.

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Today these wouldn't pass safety tests,

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but 20 years in the auction world,

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I don't think I've ever sold one of these.

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So at £70, I should be able to turn a little bit of profit.

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And with that, he soaks his engine and steams straight back into

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the bustling boot sale.

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And our John is anything but predictable,

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as next he snaps up a late-20th-century

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Native American-style carving for £50.

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Let's hope it doesn't frighten off the buyers.

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It's a faux Native American totem pole.

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It's made of teak. Why do I like it?

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Well, my first job was as a carpenter-joiner,

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and I've never lost that love of wood.

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I just need to find Paul Hayes now.

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I wonder if he's sending up any smoke signals.

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Well, Mr Morecambe is on fire, John,

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and he's ferreted out a genuine antique.

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I've just spotted this little vase here, sir.

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-What can you tell me about this?

-Late 17th, early 18th.

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-Yeah.

-Later drilled by the Victorians, who shoved a base on it,

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-as they do.

-It's an old pestle and mortar?

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-Yeah.

-And someone's drilled through it.

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It's 200.

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Do you know what? One bid's worth a thousand lookers-on.

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-It can't be a oner?

-125.

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-You won't lose.

-Go on, I'll have that.

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I'll shake your hand. Thank you very much.

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Well, do you know what? I'm absolutely delighted.

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I bought a fantastic, genuine antique item.

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This is bronze, it dates from the 18th century, it's neoclassical,

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it's a restudy of all the wonderful classics

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from ancient Rome and Greece. What a fantastic thing.

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This would be £600-700 plus

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if it hadn't had a drill hole in the bottom.

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But I still think there's a bit of profit in this one, definitely.

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And after splashing out on his first buy,

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Paul gets frugal, picking up a tea set...

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-Thank you very much!

-..for £15.

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This dates from the early 20th century,

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the golden age, really, of tea drinking.

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Silver and silver plate became very affordable,

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so these sets were in every good-quality household.

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This is fluted base with an ebony top and this sort of oval shape.

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It's got a sugar basin with it and a cream jug.

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15 quid, an absolute bargain.

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Exactly my cup of tea.

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Our connoisseurs of the car boot have both bagged

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their potentially profitable items,

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so let's see how much they've spent so far.

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From his £1,000 budget, Paul has spent £290,

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leaving him with £710 to spend.

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John has forked out less, £216,

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which leaves him with £784 at the halfway stage.

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So, both our dealers have plenty of euros for round three,

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the foreign market.

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They've travelled to Sommieres in the glorious South of France.

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What strategy has Paul got up his perfectly-pressed sleeve?

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Come a long way to buy our items here today,

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so why go back with things that you can buy anywhere else?

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Buy something typically French.

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So I'm going for some ormolu,

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some nice French furniture, some nice porcelain,

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some Lalique glass - something that's typically French,

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something with a bit of je ne sais quoi.

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Mr Morecambe is definitely going native today.

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For John, it's all about the Showdown Auction crowd.

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I'm looking for a couple of items to potentially put into auction here,

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so perhaps something that you won't always find quite readily at home,

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something with a bit of impact here,

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something that the UK auction bidders

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are going to want to snap up.

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And off they leap onto the buying merry-go-round.

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Paul's first fancy is an ancient Roman pot.

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Hang on, Paul, weren't you just vowing to buy French?

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And this one is genuine Roman? Can I just have a look?

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-It's almost third century...

-B...?

-After.

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OK, so we've got something that dates from

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-the third century AD, Roman.

-Yeah.

-OK.

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-And how much is this one?

-This one is 60.

-60.

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-Can it be 50 euros?

-No.

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-60 euros. Can we shake on that?

-Yeah.

-OK, sir.

-With pleasure.

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-Merci beaucoup. Merci, monsieur.

-Thank you very much.

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So, there we are, I bought a Roman pot.

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-How much does a Greek urn?

-RIMSHOT

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That's an English joke, I'll explain it over a cup of tea.

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Yes Paul's jokes are almost as ancient as his purchases,

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and he bags his little pot for just under £52.

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I think this is absolutely an amazing piece, a genuine antique.

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This is an archaeological discovery, if you like.

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Who would have used this at the time?

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Isn't that absolutely fantastic?

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The romance around this is wonderful.

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And, of course, this area in particular

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was a massive Roman settlement.

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It's not something that turns up very often in England,

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so I think this is something that's not typically French,

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typically Roman, but hopefully a nice selling item.

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Just my cup of tea!

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And keen to bag foreign market item number two,

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he sniffs out a 1930s perfume flask,

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buying it for just over £17.

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This is a beautiful scent bottle. It's extremely Art Deco -

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just look at the geometric lines of this.

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It's in wonderful condition, it's a great name,

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which is local to the area, Cacharel.

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I think that's something that's typically French,

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which is what I wanted to buy here today,

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and for 20 euro, that's the sweet smell of success, I think.

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-HE SNIFFS

-Ah, c'est magnifique!

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John has also hit the market with a goal of buying French,

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and he could be on track with this 19th-century fire grate.

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That's nice, decorative. How much?

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-200.

-200, yeah.

-It's a real nice...

-It's nice, it's nice.

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It's well done, and it's style, you know?

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Renaissance, you understand the Renaissance?

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Of course, of course. I'll do...

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180?

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S'il vous plait? No?

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-190.

-190.

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190. OK, you know what? 190, I'm going to do it.

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-190.

-190?

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-OK?

-OK.

-All right, 190.

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You drive a hard bargain.

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With fire in his belly, John gets his grate for just under £164,

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though the stallholder is a little confused who he sold to.

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-John. Paul was the other guy...

-Ah, John.

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..the handsome guy, you know? Blonde, handsome.

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-Moi, Michel.

-Michel, of course.

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This has to be one of my favourite pieces.

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It's an 19th-century cast-iron fire grate cover.

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Beautifully cast, wonderful strap work here,

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figures emerging from these niches, classical cornice

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and these pilasters here - just oozes Renaissance.

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But even better than that, when you open the doors,

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the decoration continues inside.

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I managed to pick it up for 190 euros.

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I still think there's a good profit there -

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the right buyer, I think, would pay £300-400 for something like this -

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so, good work.

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A bold claim, and from the decorative and antique

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to the, well, downright weird.

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There we are.

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He buys this thingamajig for just under £26,

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but what the devil is it?

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I've seen a number of items made from old champagne bottles,

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but I haven't seen one cut in half like that and made into

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a little serving table, a bit like a lazy Susan.

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An interesting little thing.

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Lots of people love champagne, so should find a buyer for this.

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And with that, we bid au revoir to the French antiques market.

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So, let's see where they stand after round three.

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From his £1,000 budget,

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Paul has spent £358.96,

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which leaves him a little over £641.

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John has spent a total of £405.65 so far,

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leaving him with just over £594 for the final round.

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So, time for round four at Ardingly Antiques Fair.

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Our dealers arrive in West Sussex

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for the ultimate chapter of this treasure hunt.

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They each have two items left to purchase before

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the buying challenge ends, so what are their final strategies?

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Today, I'm trying to find two things that I can put into auction

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with confidence it'll make a profit.

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Off John goes, as keen as mustard, but what of Mr Morecambe's plans?

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So here we are, this is my last buying day,

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this is my last chance to get one over on that John Cameron.

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So I'm going to surprise you here, John -

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I might even buy some furniture.

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Who'd have thought that?

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So, surely Paul's going to sweep straight towards some furniture.

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Er, no, it's a painting of some mountains.

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Is £35 your best price?

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-32.

-32, hey!

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It's a lovely watercolour,

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a fantastic landscape, mountainous views.

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Why I bought it - the back of the picture tells you

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just as much as the front.

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It has a previous saleroom label,

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this one's from Christie's in London,

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so that means that this has actually gone through the auction,

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they've obviously rated it.

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What I liked about it as well is the other label which we have here,

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which is framers and makers to the Queen,

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that of course being Queen Victoria.

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Definitely it's a watercolour from that period,

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it's been through a good saleroom,

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and potentially it could be a bit of a sleeper.

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With one purchase to go, is Paul going to scour the stands

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and upturn every table in search of that last elusive buy?

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No, right under his nose at the very same stall he lands on this

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airline memorabilia from the 1980s.

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What's the story with these?

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The lady used to put them in the back of the Concorde seats.

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-So she works for British Airways...

-She actually put them in.

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And actually, they are still in their original box.

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This is the Concorde box that they were actually in.

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-So these have never been used on board...?

-Nope.

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That's amazing, isn't it?

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You're £8 here - what are you asking for them if I bought a few?

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-How many do you want?

-Well, I don't know,

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-how many's in the box?

-23. Did you want all 23?

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That one looks a bit worn, doesn't it, that one?

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If you wanted the lot, I'll do you 120.

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And you can have the box that comes with it.

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Bearing in mind I've got to try to sell them on.

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-How about...?

-£90 for the whole box.

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£90... Where did you come from?

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THEY LAUGH

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65 quid, we'll have a deal.

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Oh, there you go!

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These have come off what is probably the most famous aviation...

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most famous aeroplane ever existed, the Concorde.

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It was the fastest that we ever made.

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These are fantastic, very rare things.

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They're called a conference pack.

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Little sort of diary, a certificate of flight,

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they're collectable in the future,

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and I think a bit of a bargain. It's supersonic warp three.

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Or was it Mach 3? Who knows?

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And with that, Paul soars above John and beats his rival

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to the finish line of the buying bonanza.

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John's now under pressure with two items still to nail,

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and he swiftly rounds up this doorstop for £25.

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It's a 19th-century cast-iron doorstop modelled as a black sheep.

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In my family, black sheep are considered lucky items,

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so I've bought this purely for luck.

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Paul, you won't pull the wool over my eyes.

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With just one purchase to go and feeling shipshape,

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John navigates towards something nautical-looking.

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But looks can be deceiving.

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It's just a shelving unit, it'll stand up on end,

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but I quite like it.

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I'm a sucker for wood and that could go into auction for the Showdown.

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What's the best price on that?

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-45.

-You'll do the boat for 40?

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-Yeah, it's fine.

-£40? OK.

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I just noticed that this is Oxford Rowing Club 1938,

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just been mocked up, but the oars also say Oxford as well.

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I think they look nice together.

0:21:030:21:06

How much are the oars?

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-£12 each.

-No budging on that?

0:21:070:21:09

No, sorry.

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All right.

0:21:110:21:13

He lands the naughty boat and oars for £64 in total.

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There's no age to this at all,

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they're just a bit of fun and a play on the whole vintage look.

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And it's not about buying antiques, it's about making profit.

0:21:220:21:25

Paul I'm not up the creek yet, and even if I was, I've got two paddles.

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And with that last splurge from John,

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our foes reach the climax of this buying stage.

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Each armed with eight well-chosen items,

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they face the momentous selling struggle ahead of them,

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but let's see how they doled out their dosh.

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From a £1,000 budget,

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Paul has spent under half his money, shelling out £455.96.

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John has splashed out just a little more, spending £494.65.

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Before our dealers turn their minds to selling,

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what do they make of their collectables?

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So, here we are, the Showdown.

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This is the final result of the whole week's buying.

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And I've got a few things up my sleeve, actually.

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Can you remember what I bought?

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I can't, actually, what are your favourite bits?

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My favourite bits has to be that famille rose plaque,

0:22:120:22:14

the Chinese plaque. The Concorde memorabilia,

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that could be supersonic.

0:22:170:22:18

-Yeah, commercial.

-You never know. And what about you?

0:22:180:22:20

Well, my favourite items are my little tanzanite ring,

0:22:200:22:23

I like that. I love the steam truck.

0:22:230:22:26

-Have you got it going yet?

-I haven't yet and I haven't tried.

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Well, really good luck to you.

0:22:280:22:30

-Good luck.

-And you.

-See you at the auction.

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Don't try too hard, will you?

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Up ahead lies the dreaded Showdown Auction, but before they face

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that gruelling challenge,

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they must first find the perfect private buyers for half their items.

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The other half will go under the hammer,

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where any chance of profit will rest in the lap

0:22:480:22:51

of the bidding public.

0:22:510:22:52

The first step on this long and arduous journey is to draw up

0:22:520:22:55

their selling strategies.

0:22:550:22:58

So, what are John's big plans?

0:22:580:23:00

Now I've just got to decide which items to send to auction

0:23:000:23:04

and which to sell personally,

0:23:040:23:06

remembering that I've got buyer's commission to take off

0:23:060:23:09

of any price we make at auction, and also they go in without reserve,

0:23:090:23:12

so it's a real roll of the dice.

0:23:120:23:14

Probably sending the tanzanite ring

0:23:140:23:16

and my lucky black sheep doorstop there.

0:23:160:23:19

Also the boat - I think at that price there should be a profit there

0:23:190:23:23

even at auction. Quite nice thing, nice and contemporary.

0:23:230:23:26

Last but not least, I think I'm going to send in

0:23:260:23:29

the modern stainless steel stag's head.

0:23:290:23:31

I know I bought the stag's head and the ring at auction,

0:23:310:23:34

so I've already paid buyer's premium there,

0:23:340:23:36

it's a tall order now to sell them again at auction and try and

0:23:360:23:39

make a profit, but I'm going to take a chance with those.

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So, John needs to line up private buyers for his vintage steam wagon,

0:23:420:23:46

contemporary faux totem pole,

0:23:460:23:49

19th-century cast-iron grate

0:23:490:23:51

and his modern champagne glass stand.

0:23:510:23:53

Over at Hayes HQ, Paul has also chosen what to put under the hammer.

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So, going to auction are four items,

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and what I've tried to do is to find two expensive and two affordable.

0:24:020:24:07

So the four items that I've got,

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has to be the wonderful 19th-century krater,

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which is a form of wine and water mixing bowl.

0:24:130:24:16

And the Chinese porcelain plaque.

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It shows the scene of the Mother of the West,

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and there she is, right in the middle there,

0:24:220:24:24

she's surrounded by the immortals, so it's got a great story.

0:24:240:24:27

They're the two expensive items, the two cheaper ones being

0:24:270:24:30

the silver-plated tea set and the scent bottle.

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Those have all got to go under the hammer.

0:24:330:24:35

Just be a bit careful with that porcelain plaque, won't you?

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Bang, bang.

0:24:370:24:38

So, that means Paul has to find private buyers

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for his early-20th-century Buddha,

0:24:410:24:43

his '80s Concorde seat brochures,

0:24:430:24:45

his late-Victorian painting

0:24:450:24:47

and his little Roman pot.

0:24:470:24:49

Our antiques experts must now throw themselves into selling their items

0:24:490:24:53

for the best possible prices,

0:24:530:24:54

with all their profits going to the charities of their choice.

0:24:540:24:57

And remember, until they've shaken on it and the money's changed hands,

0:24:570:25:01

no deal is ever sealed.

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In Portsmouth it's John "The Hammer" Cameron who's out first,

0:25:040:25:07

hoping his vintage steam wagon will steer him into an early lead.

0:25:070:25:12

I'm at a classic car restoration workshop

0:25:120:25:15

to meet owner Mark, who loves vintage cars, motorbikes and toys.

0:25:150:25:19

And I'm hoping he's going to want to add my little classic steam wagon

0:25:190:25:22

to his collection.

0:25:220:25:23

So, will Mark give John a return on his £70 investment?

0:25:230:25:27

-Hello, Mark.

-Hello, John, how are you?

0:25:270:25:29

-All right?

-Not bad. Don't tell me you're getting your hands dirty.

-No, just looking, just looking.

0:25:290:25:33

-Can't believe what you've got in here.

-Yeah, there's loads of stuff.

0:25:330:25:36

Mainly American stuff, but a lot of British stuff and some scooters and old British bikes.

0:25:360:25:39

-Well, look, I'm hoping this might sort of appeal to you.

-Yeah.

0:25:390:25:42

And maybe something to go in your collection.

0:25:420:25:45

-In the cabinet there.

-They were originally children's toys.

0:25:450:25:48

This one, I think, probably dates to the early '70s.

0:25:480:25:52

-Really?

-Probably when you were a boy, Mark.

-Nearly.

0:25:520:25:55

Nice things, you've got the little original oil can here,

0:25:550:25:57

the little funnel for putting the water in.

0:25:570:26:00

Everything but the box, really.

0:26:000:26:01

Yeah, no, it's a lovely old thing, isn't it?

0:26:010:26:03

I'm looking, sort of around the 150 mark.

0:26:030:26:06

Where were you seeing it?

0:26:060:26:07

-A bit lower than that.

-Were you?

-Yeah.

-How much lower?

0:26:070:26:10

I don't know.

0:26:100:26:12

-Hundred quid.

-Could you do any better than that?

0:26:120:26:14

Er, one and a quarter.

0:26:140:26:17

£125.

0:26:170:26:18

-Good stuff.

-Got a deal, sir.

0:26:180:26:20

John's wagon wheels in an opening profit of £55,

0:26:200:26:24

and he takes an early lead.

0:26:240:26:26

The profit on my little truck should see me steaming ahead.

0:26:260:26:29

And do you know what? Paul Hayes, I know you're a bit of a '50s man,

0:26:290:26:32

but I think I pull this off better than you do.

0:26:320:26:36

Very cool, John.

0:26:360:26:38

And he zooms further into the lead

0:26:380:26:40

with his next sale, of the 1960s totem pole, to Ross,

0:26:400:26:43

landlord of a Western-themed pub in Southsea.

0:26:430:26:47

Would you do 110?

0:26:470:26:48

-I'll do 105, cos it's you.

-Ah! Ross, how could I...?

0:26:490:26:52

-105, you've got the last word in.

-ROSS LAUGHS

0:26:520:26:54

John rounds up another £55 profit and puts himself in pole position.

0:26:540:26:59

Mr Morecambe is on the road to enlightenment for his first sale,

0:27:040:27:08

taking his metal Buddha that cost £84

0:27:080:27:11

to dealer Raymond, who specialises in, well, Buddhas.

0:27:110:27:15

-Hello, Paul.

-Hello.

-How are you doing?

0:27:160:27:18

How are you? You know what? This place is amazing.

0:27:180:27:21

It's different, isn't it? Very different.

0:27:210:27:22

I feel like I've brought snow to the Eskimos in a roundabout way.

0:27:220:27:25

I don't think so. I like to try and buy all the Buddhas, if I can.

0:27:250:27:28

What's the thing with Buddhas, then? Obviously, you specialise in Buddha.

0:27:280:27:31

Looking round, there's hundreds of them in here.

0:27:310:27:33

The only way to actually survive in the business is to specialise.

0:27:330:27:36

So I looked at Buddhas and just fell in love with them.

0:27:360:27:39

I have brought you one here.

0:27:390:27:40

-You brought me one?

-What I thought, was, oh, that's a really rare thing.

0:27:400:27:43

It's a Mandalay Buddha.

0:27:430:27:44

-How would you know that's a Mandalay Buddha from any other Buddha?

-It's a Burmese Buddha.

0:27:440:27:48

The Mandalay period, this one is about 1860.

0:27:480:27:51

-Oh, right.

-The eyes are shell and black sapphire,

0:27:510:27:54

and this is a bronze piece,

0:27:540:27:56

made lost wax method, which is quite common, really.

0:27:560:27:59

-Yeah.

-It's still got its casting core intact,

0:27:590:28:01

which is really quite nice. For me, it's a lovely little piece.

0:28:010:28:04

-Yeah.

-How do you see it?

0:28:040:28:05

I'd go, for something like that, ooh...165.

0:28:050:28:08

Because you've been so informative, let's do 150.

0:28:080:28:11

-OK.

-Is that all right with you?

-Got a deal.

0:28:110:28:13

A random act of kindness from Paul as he knocks off £15,

0:28:130:28:18

but still lands a sturdy profit of £66.

0:28:180:28:21

But what made him spread that good karma?

0:28:210:28:24

Do you know what? Seeing all those Buddhas in the one room,

0:28:240:28:26

it really did have an effect on me.

0:28:260:28:28

And you can't help but feel the energy,

0:28:280:28:30

that wonderful sort of Zen force that's going on.

0:28:300:28:32

I feel like I've learnt something. It's a real education there.

0:28:320:28:35

And Paul continues his search for dealing nirvana,

0:28:350:28:38

selling 22 pristine '80s Concorde seat packs to Michael,

0:28:380:28:42

a collector of memorabilia in Oxfordshire.

0:28:420:28:45

If you were a fiver each, that makes them 110 quid.

0:28:450:28:50

-I'll go for that, yeah.

-Well, that sounds like a deal to me.

0:28:500:28:52

-Shall we shake on that?

-Yep, 110.

-All right.

0:28:520:28:54

Paul flies off with a profit of £45 and draws level on sales with John.

0:28:540:29:00

But in Emsworth,

0:29:020:29:03

The Hammer is making supersonic progress of his own.

0:29:030:29:06

He's had his 19th-century cast-iron grate that cost him nearly £164

0:29:060:29:11

delivered to fireplace shop owner, Alan.

0:29:110:29:14

-Alan.

-Hi, John.

0:29:140:29:16

I see you're having a nice look at it.

0:29:160:29:17

Yes, very ornate.

0:29:170:29:19

Nothing like anything we've got here in our showroom.

0:29:190:29:22

We have the British or English version of a little bedroom cast

0:29:220:29:25

fireplace next to it, as an example of what we would

0:29:250:29:28

normally be dealing with.

0:29:280:29:29

So, yeah, it's, er, it's quite an unusual product.

0:29:290:29:33

You think you could find a buyer for it here?

0:29:330:29:35

It could be made to work.

0:29:350:29:36

It would need some fire bricks and installation work, obviously,

0:29:360:29:39

but, yeah, in the right setting,

0:29:390:29:41

local small fishing cottages for instance,

0:29:410:29:43

that might be just the job.

0:29:430:29:45

You got a figure in your mind?

0:29:450:29:46

I would probably open the gambit at about £200?

0:29:460:29:50

Well, I'm thinking more 250, Alan, if I'm honest.

0:29:500:29:54

I'm willing to take a chance on that.

0:29:560:29:58

-At 250?

-At 250.

-Alan, shake my hand.

0:29:580:30:01

The Hammer nails himself a great big profit of just over £86,

0:30:010:30:05

his biggest and best yet.

0:30:050:30:07

And his fiery streak continues with his other French item,

0:30:070:30:10

the champagne bottle stand.

0:30:100:30:13

He sells it for £60 to Southsea restaurant owner Jason,

0:30:130:30:16

making over £34 profit.

0:30:160:30:18

That's John's private sales all done,

0:30:180:30:21

and with two items to go before the auction,

0:30:210:30:23

Paul sells his late-Victorian painting

0:30:230:30:26

to Lancashire-based dealer, Aidan.

0:30:260:30:28

If I was to ask you, say, 50 quid?

0:30:280:30:30

Go on, then. It's a pleasure doing business.

0:30:300:30:32

-It's lovely doing business.

-I might make a profit!

0:30:320:30:35

PAUL LAUGHS

0:30:350:30:36

Mr Morecambe steps out £18 up and moves on to his final item,

0:30:360:30:40

the little ancient Roman pot.

0:30:400:30:42

Embarking on a fact-finding mission,

0:30:420:30:45

Paul takes it to show archaeologist Roger in Oxfordshire.

0:30:450:30:48

Now, have I bought something that is a very priceless treasure,

0:30:500:30:54

or is it something that's common to yourself?

0:30:540:30:56

You give me that look there, Roger.

0:30:560:30:58

-It's not priceless.

-No? OK!

0:30:580:31:00

-It looks Roman.

-OK, great.

0:31:000:31:02

The shape's fine. It's consistent with it not being British, you know,

0:31:020:31:06

shape looks a bit more continental.

0:31:060:31:08

These are found, you know, all over the Roman Empire, basically.

0:31:080:31:11

Would it be something that somebody of high status would've used?

0:31:110:31:14

No, no, right down to the bottom of the social scale.

0:31:140:31:16

In fact, the opposite, this would be used by those of the lower classes.

0:31:160:31:20

So what age are we looking at here?

0:31:200:31:23

It's probably second or third century, but it could be fourth.

0:31:230:31:26

Armed with a little more knowledge,

0:31:260:31:28

Paul takes the pot that cost him nearly £52

0:31:280:31:31

to antiques dealer Phil in Yorkshire.

0:31:310:31:34

-What I've actually brought you along is a third century Roman pot.

-Right.

0:31:340:31:39

This has come from the South of France.

0:31:390:31:41

It's called an amphora pot, the idea is it sits straight in the sand.

0:31:410:31:45

-Can you see a profit in it?

-Is it a small one?

0:31:450:31:48

Ah, smashing. If I was to ask you 70 quid, how does that sound?

0:31:480:31:51

And I'd bid you 60.

0:31:510:31:52

-Would you?

-Yeah.

-Is that a genuine bid?

0:31:520:31:54

-Yeah.

-And you're happy to do that?

0:31:540:31:55

-I'm happy for that.

-Let's shake on that, then.

-Shake on that.

-Thank you very much.

0:31:550:31:59

Paul's pot unearths a profit of just over £8

0:31:590:32:02

and his private sales are done.

0:32:020:32:04

With the first half of the selling challenge at an end

0:32:060:32:09

and before our dealers offer up their remaining items

0:32:090:32:11

to the Showdown Auction, let's look at the gains so far.

0:32:110:32:14

Both our experts have now sold four items.

0:32:160:32:19

Paul is doing well, with a profit so far of £137.28.

0:32:190:32:24

But it's John who's leading at this stage,

0:32:240:32:27

with a profit of £230.35.

0:32:270:32:31

And now, we approach the culmination of today's events...

0:32:330:32:36

the Showdown Auction.

0:32:360:32:38

Our dealers can no longer conjure up their own sales,

0:32:380:32:41

as their fates lie in the hands of the bidders

0:32:410:32:44

at Brighton General Auctions.

0:32:440:32:46

So, how are our dynamic dealers feeling?

0:32:460:32:49

-Good morning, John. How are you?

-Morning, Paul. Very well.

0:32:490:32:52

How have you got on?

0:32:520:32:53

Well, I've sold everything, so I've started sleeping again.

0:32:530:32:57

It does feel like that, doesn't it?

0:32:570:32:59

A little bit worried about today, I must admit.

0:32:590:33:00

There's no reserves on anything in the auction today.

0:33:000:33:03

All those good profits you've made

0:33:030:33:05

could be blown away today at the auction.

0:33:050:33:07

Obliterated in one fell swoop.

0:33:070:33:09

But I've put some good things in the auction.

0:33:090:33:11

I've high hopes for that krater, that little sort of mixing bowl,

0:33:110:33:13

I think that could do quite well. What have you got in today?

0:33:130:33:16

The item I think that could do quite well is the, um, tanzanite ring.

0:33:160:33:20

-Oh, yeah.

-It's quite fashionable,

0:33:200:33:21

but the other thing to remember is we've got to pay

0:33:210:33:24

-the auctioneer's commission.

-That's right.

0:33:240:33:26

Two of my items in here I bought at auction,

0:33:260:33:28

so I've already paid commission,

0:33:280:33:30

so I'm taking quite a risk with those, the ring and the stag's head.

0:33:300:33:32

Am I going to make profit with two lots of commission?

0:33:320:33:35

Bit of a risk. I think we're in the hands of the auctioneer.

0:33:350:33:37

-We certainly are.

-And just enjoy it.

0:33:370:33:39

Yeah, OK. I'll try to, mate. But I know we've got a good...

0:33:390:33:41

That's a heady combination of last-minute nerves and high hopes,

0:33:410:33:45

as our dealers step inside.

0:33:450:33:47

But before the auction commences,

0:33:470:33:49

there's one last chance to critique each other's items.

0:33:490:33:53

Now, I know this is one of John's favourite things,

0:33:530:33:56

he was so excited when he bought it, but the four precious gemstones

0:33:560:33:59

are diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires.

0:33:590:34:02

Tanzanite doesn't come under that list.

0:34:020:34:05

So I think he's going to struggle. Not sure about this one, John.

0:34:050:34:08

I know why he's gone for this, he's taking a bit of a gamble

0:34:080:34:11

on the demand for Chinese ceramics at the moment.

0:34:110:34:14

£66, he paid for that.

0:34:140:34:16

In a market that's pretty strong, I think he's got a good chance.

0:34:160:34:19

Frankly, I'm staggered that John's put this stag's head

0:34:190:34:23

into the auction, but you know what?

0:34:230:34:25

It fits in great here, because it's chrome, stainless steel effect.

0:34:250:34:28

I think it could do all right, actually.

0:34:280:34:30

I've got to be honest, had I seen this, and the price tag,

0:34:300:34:34

I probably would've bought it myself.

0:34:340:34:36

There is a good market for collecting perfume bottles.

0:34:360:34:40

And at £17, he really has nothing to lose.

0:34:400:34:43

John's bought something very traditional here.

0:34:430:34:46

It's got a very country feel to it.

0:34:460:34:48

I'm not sure that's the best thing to pitch here in Brighton,

0:34:480:34:51

but a good useful antique.

0:34:510:34:53

-What's not to like?

-With just minutes to blast-off,

0:34:530:34:56

are the signs looking good?

0:34:560:34:58

Can you feel the tension building, John?

0:34:580:35:00

I can. But the good thing is the auction room is packed.

0:35:000:35:03

And do you know what? Today, with the internet bidding,

0:35:030:35:06

everyone views the sale and bids from home.

0:35:060:35:08

So you're not used to seeing such crowds today.

0:35:080:35:10

-That's a good sign.

-Talking as a dealer,

0:35:100:35:11

these are the places you want to come,

0:35:110:35:13

cos you've got a chance of finding that gem there.

0:35:130:35:15

And here come the gems now,

0:35:170:35:19

because the bidding kicks off with John's modern tanzanite ring.

0:35:190:35:23

First of my lots up now, that I paid £60 for.

0:35:230:35:26

I need to be making about 80 quid on this to even get out with a profit.

0:35:260:35:30

-Start the book at £24 with me.

-Oh, there we are.

0:35:300:35:32

Got 26 now on the net.

0:35:320:35:34

It's not looking good.

0:35:340:35:36

I've got 28 now in the room.

0:35:360:35:38

-I've got 30 now on the net.

-30 on the net...

-Looking for 32 now?

0:35:380:35:42

I will sell it at £30.

0:35:420:35:45

Ah... That's a devastating loss.

0:35:460:35:49

Perhaps I should've sold that privately.

0:35:490:35:51

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, John.

0:35:510:35:53

That's a shaky start,

0:35:530:35:54

as the ring makes a loss of over £36 after auction fees,

0:35:540:35:58

so will he have better luck with his other auction buy?

0:35:580:36:01

The contemporary stag's head, which owes him £36.

0:36:010:36:05

What's the market like for modern stainless steel stags' heads?

0:36:050:36:08

We're about to find out, Paul.

0:36:080:36:09

I've got five on the net.

0:36:090:36:11

Six with me, I've got eight,

0:36:110:36:13

I've got ten here. I've got 12, do you want 14?

0:36:130:36:16

-Come on...

-I've got 12, I've got 14 with me.

0:36:160:36:18

16 in the room.

0:36:180:36:20

18. Do you want 20?

0:36:200:36:22

Do you want 22?

0:36:220:36:23

Do you want 24?

0:36:230:36:24

-Yeah, go on.

-Come on.

-24 on the net. Do you want 26?

0:36:240:36:27

-Everyone wants it.

-Don't be so tight, Matt.

0:36:270:36:29

Got 26. Thank you, sir.

0:36:290:36:31

-Getting closer.

-I will sell it at £26.

-One more.

0:36:310:36:34

-I've got 28. Do you want 30?

-Come on.

0:36:340:36:37

All done at £30...

0:36:370:36:39

So there's no stag party for John, as he nets his second loss.

0:36:390:36:44

This time it's £12.40 after fees,

0:36:440:36:46

but will Paul fare much better with his Edwardian tea set?

0:36:460:36:50

£15. Do you think I've got a chance?

0:36:500:36:52

This will make 25, 30 quid.

0:36:520:36:54

Let's hope so. It's clean and ready to go.

0:36:540:36:55

-A bit like ourselves.

-Yeah.

0:36:550:36:57

PAUL LAUGHS

0:36:570:36:58

I can start the book at £20 with me, looking for 22 now.

0:36:580:37:02

-Come on.

-I've got 20 with me.

-Is that it?

0:37:020:37:04

Looking for 22 now.

0:37:040:37:06

I will sell it at £20.

0:37:060:37:09

Well, it does brew up a profit of 40p after fees.

0:37:100:37:14

I think this is going to come down to who loses the least.

0:37:140:37:17

PAUL LAUGHS

0:37:170:37:18

Indeed, John. But Paul hasn't actually lost anything yet,

0:37:180:37:21

so can he continue his winning streak

0:37:210:37:23

with the 20th-century Chinese plaque that cost £66?

0:37:230:37:27

I must admit, I am quite nervous about this one.

0:37:290:37:31

I think I'm going to need about £80.

0:37:310:37:33

-To get out of it?

-Yeah, but there is interest on the internet.

0:37:330:37:35

-Who told you that?

-The auctioneer.

0:37:350:37:37

Are you sure it just wasn't Chinese whispers?

0:37:370:37:39

Well, Chinese whispers or not,

0:37:390:37:41

the bidding is soon approaching the £60 mark, and Paul can't look.

0:37:410:37:45

55 on the net. We've got 60 on the net.

0:37:450:37:48

-There you go.

-We're nearly there.

-65 on the net.

0:37:480:37:50

-70, 75.

-Come on.

-I've got £80 on the net.

0:37:500:37:53

-INDISTINCT SPEECH

-90 now on the net.

-Come on.

0:37:530:37:55

Is there 95 anywhere?

0:37:550:37:56

-Come on, there must be somebody here.

-All done at £90...

0:37:560:37:59

One over here, mate. One over here.

0:37:590:38:01

-He's hot.

-THEY LAUGH

0:38:010:38:03

Well, the temperature is definitely rising,

0:38:030:38:05

as Paul banks a second profit of nearly £7 on his plaque.

0:38:050:38:09

John's 19th-century black sheep is up next,

0:38:090:38:12

but Paul predicted it would be a fish out of water in Brighton.

0:38:120:38:15

-I did pay £25 for it.

-OK.

-Which is probably about all it's worth.

0:38:150:38:20

-OK.

-This is something I really would've bought for myself.

0:38:200:38:23

-Black sheep in my family is a kind of lucky emblem.

-OK.

0:38:230:38:26

So we're about to see how lucky it is for me.

0:38:260:38:29

John's got everything crossed.

0:38:290:38:30

Come on, my lucky black sheep.

0:38:300:38:32

We've got six, eight, I've got ten on the net.

0:38:320:38:34

Do you want 12? Is there 14 anywhere?

0:38:340:38:36

-Come on, all we need is another bidder...

-14, 16.

0:38:360:38:39

-Do you want 18?

-Come on.

0:38:390:38:40

Do you want 20?

0:38:400:38:41

22? Do you want 24?

0:38:410:38:43

-Come on, black sheep.

-I will sell it at £24.

0:38:430:38:47

Ah...

0:38:470:38:48

But it's third time unlucky, with a loss of just over £6.

0:38:480:38:53

My profits are being sheared.

0:38:530:38:55

I'm starting to think you picked the better lots today to auction.

0:38:550:38:59

And to add insult to injury,

0:38:590:39:01

Paul's Art Deco flask sells for £50...

0:39:010:39:04

..and makes almost £23 profit.

0:39:060:39:09

I'm delighted with that. That's brilliant.

0:39:090:39:11

I'm delighted, too. Through gritted teeth.

0:39:110:39:13

PAUL LAUGHS

0:39:130:39:14

Our dealers are now down to one item each,

0:39:140:39:17

and Paul's antique krater is up next.

0:39:170:39:19

So can he make it four profits out of four?

0:39:190:39:22

I must admit, I've put all my eggs in one basket.

0:39:220:39:25

This stands me at £125.

0:39:250:39:27

Bearing in mind, he could start the bidding at two quid.

0:39:270:39:31

But you've been lucky today.

0:39:310:39:33

And I think that it's your day today.

0:39:330:39:35

And things start well.

0:39:350:39:36

Start this at 80.

0:39:360:39:38

We're almost there. Come on, that's all right.

0:39:380:39:40

I've got 95 on the book. 100 here.

0:39:400:39:42

-I will sell it at 100.

-Oh, no. Come on, come on.

0:39:420:39:45

Paul suffers a catastrophic loss of 44 precious pounds.

0:39:470:39:51

Unfortunately, John's final lot, the boat shelf and oars,

0:39:510:39:55

fails to come to his rescue.

0:39:550:39:57

Got 44 in the room.

0:39:570:39:58

-Is that it?

-I've got 48 now.

0:39:580:40:00

-50 somewhere, come on.

-I will sell it at £48.

-48.

-Ah!

0:40:000:40:06

Making a fourth and final loss of almost £26.

0:40:060:40:10

Another loss for me.

0:40:120:40:13

If I'm nothing, I am consistent.

0:40:130:40:15

I'm kicking myself now, because when I bought that,

0:40:150:40:18

the guy had two more oars that had "Brighton Rowing Club"...

0:40:180:40:21

-Ah, there you go.

-And that's it.

0:40:210:40:22

Our dejected dealers are released from the dark nightmare

0:40:220:40:25

that is the Showdown Auction and live to see another day.

0:40:250:40:29

We'll reveal the victor in just a moment,

0:40:290:40:31

but first let's remind ourselves of how much they originally spent.

0:40:310:40:35

Both our experts started out with £1,000 of their own money.

0:40:350:40:39

Paul spent under half his budget, £455.96.

0:40:390:40:44

John spent slightly more, £494.65.

0:40:450:40:49

All of the money that Paul and John have made

0:40:510:40:53

from today's challenge will go to charities of their choice,

0:40:530:40:55

so let's find out who is today's

0:40:550:40:57

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Showdown Champion.

0:40:570:41:01

-How are you, John?

-Mr Morecambe.

0:41:020:41:04

-How was your auction experience?

-Disastrous.

0:41:040:41:07

Whereas you, on the other hand, you have the Midas touch.

0:41:070:41:09

I lost on all four things and you were making good profits.

0:41:090:41:12

Do you know what? I think it's particularly difficult,

0:41:120:41:14

because you're not in charge of the situation.

0:41:140:41:16

I think you did very well, I think you did all right on the day. For me, anyway!

0:41:160:41:20

The only thing I was disappointed with was that bronze krater, the little mixing bowl.

0:41:200:41:23

That was a good thing, potentially that's a great thing,

0:41:230:41:26

-but hey-ho.

-I have nothing good to say about my items,

0:41:260:41:28

-they all let me down.

-THEY LAUGH

0:41:280:41:30

But my fire grate, that nice black fire grate,

0:41:300:41:33

really nice thing, would've loved to have kept that.

0:41:330:41:35

I would've built a fireplace to go round it, but it's found a good home.

0:41:350:41:38

Well, there we are. That's what it's all about, really.

0:41:380:41:40

Do you think we're quite close on this one?

0:41:400:41:42

I'm not sure if I made any profit.

0:41:420:41:43

What I did make, I'm sure I lost at the auction, so, shall we?

0:41:430:41:46

-Let's see how we get on. OK.

-One, two, three.

0:41:460:41:49

-You still managed to beat me!

-Oh, no!

0:41:490:41:52

-THEY LAUGH

-Look how close we were!

0:41:520:41:54

-Look at that.

-Wow, amazing.

0:41:540:41:56

-Well done, Paul.

-I thought I had the upper hand on that one, as well. Never mind.

-I did, too.

-Shucks.

0:41:560:42:00

John is the conqueror.

0:42:000:42:02

Despite having a disastrous Showdown Auction,

0:42:020:42:04

his profits from private sales did the trick.

0:42:040:42:07

But it doesn't end there.

0:42:070:42:09

Both our experts have been building up their profit pots

0:42:090:42:11

over a week of challenges, so who is the overall winner?

0:42:110:42:15

Shall we see how we got on over the week?

0:42:150:42:17

Let's see how we've done over the week.

0:42:170:42:19

-OK.

-One, two, three...

0:42:190:42:20

-Whoa, look at that!

-Look at that.

-That's twice as much.

0:42:200:42:23

-Decent sums of money there for our charity.

-Yeah.

0:42:230:42:26

-Not an easy challenge, Paul.

-It was definitely not an easy challenge.

0:42:260:42:28

-Would you do it again?

-I enjoyed every minute of it,

0:42:280:42:31

but I think I would need a few months off.

0:42:310:42:32

-I think we need a good rest...

-That said, there's a car-boot sale up the road.

0:42:320:42:36

A convincing win from John.

0:42:360:42:37

Between them, they've made almost £2,000 overall,

0:42:370:42:40

and every penny of that will go to charity.

0:42:400:42:43

My profits are going to Alder Hey Children's Charity.

0:42:430:42:47

The charity does vital work to raise funds

0:42:470:42:49

and support the needs of the poorly children in Liverpool

0:42:490:42:52

and the surrounding areas.

0:42:520:42:54

My chosen charity is the Lancaster & District

0:42:540:42:57

Homeless Action Service.

0:42:570:42:58

They provide support to the homeless community in the Lancaster area.

0:42:580:43:02

It's been a week of dealing thrills and spills.

0:43:020:43:05

Our impressive experts have really put their money

0:43:050:43:07

where their mouths are, and shown they can make a profit

0:43:070:43:10

from buying and selling antiques when their own money is on the line.

0:43:100:43:14

-JOHN LAUGHS

-John.

0:43:140:43:15

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