0:00:02 > 0:00:06This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:06 > 0:00:09against each other in an all-out battle for profit
0:00:09 > 0:00:12and gives you the inside view on the secrets of the trade.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Ha ha ha!
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Coming up - our dealers show you how tenacity pays off.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23I have never been so tired talking to somebody for five euros.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Good, it means I am doing a very good job!
0:00:25 > 0:00:28We reveal the secrets to winning over your opponent.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30I am a poor Englishman.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Made him laugh, it is always a good start!
0:00:34 > 0:00:38And how a few well-chosen words can work wonders.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40It is very beautiful, just like you.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42- You are flattering me now.- It works!
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Today's Continental confrontation pitches that unstoppable master of the barter,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03'Devilish' David Harper,
0:01:03 > 0:01:08against everyone's favourite fast talker, Mark 'Franksy' Franks,
0:01:08 > 0:01:12to see who can make the most profit from buying and selling antiques.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15The stakes in this competition couldn't be higher.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17It is the bulldog from the south...
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Mr Harper is probably terrified.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23..Versus the man with the pedigree from the north.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Mark Franks would like it. Got his name all over it.
0:01:26 > 0:01:32They are risking their reputations and their own cash in a battle which will test their knowledge
0:01:32 > 0:01:35and their contact books to the absolute limit.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Our duelling duo have up to £750 of their own money to spend today.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Their mission over a week is to make the most profit,
0:01:43 > 0:01:46all of which will be going to their favourite charities.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51Today's battleground is the vast St Ouen market in Paris.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56There are more than 2500 dealers selling everything the heart could desire.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59So, our two boys should not be short of options.
0:01:59 > 0:02:05In the battle for profit, there can be only one winner.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10Mark Franks and David Harper, it is time to put your money where your mouth is.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Well, here we are, sunny Paris, early morning.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17This is one of the biggest antique fairs in the whole wide world.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I spoil you, that is the problem. You bring me here...
0:02:19 > 0:02:21A romantic destination.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- With Mr Franks.- Enough of that. - How wonderful is that?
0:02:24 > 0:02:31We've both got £750 worth of euros burning holes in our pockets.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35- What is your strategy? You tell me. - Well, no!- Or I'll tell you.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Well, look, I'm a dealer, aren't I?
0:02:37 > 0:02:42It doesn't make any difference to me whether something is six feet, six inches, black, pink or gold.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45If I can see a profit, Mr Franks, I'm going to buy it.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Today I am going to be moving fast.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I'm going to be, how much? Yes, no.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54I will do this entire market by the time you have had your first tea break.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- Well, you have confused me. - It's not hard, is it?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59You've put your money where your mouth is. Come on.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03It looks like we are in for a scorching competition today.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Our dealers have mapped out their strategies
0:03:05 > 0:03:08and David will be investigating everything that is on offer.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Size and colour will be no barrier.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17Mark said he'd be moving fast, but our London lad is no greyhound
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and in the heat of this Parisian cauldron,
0:03:19 > 0:03:22he could end up sweating like a St Bernard in the Sahara.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Surely there is more to his strategy than that?
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Today, I'm not going to be reinventing the wheel.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32We're in France, and there are certain things in France that are cheap.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Glass, lighting, mirrors.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37And small pieces of furniture.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40If I see anything unusual, wacky, I'll buy it.
0:03:40 > 0:03:46Oh, so fibbing Franksy is really focusing on items which he knows are cheaper to buy here in Paris.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Our antiques entrepreneurs are armed with their own euros
0:03:49 > 0:03:54up to the value of £750, and they are desperate to win.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Devilish David is straight down to business.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01He is quick to home in on a 19th century magazine rack.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05OK, so 150. Yep.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10It is marked up at 200 and I have asked for a merchant price. I think he understands me, I am not sure.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Is that the very best trade price?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Dealer?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19HE SPEAKS IN FRENCH
0:04:19 > 0:04:22What, buy more?
0:04:22 > 0:04:27The dealer is willing to do David an even bigger discount if he finds another item to buy.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29This is interesting.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Cent? Two? 200?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Oui. One-zero-zero. - Oh, one-zero-zero?
0:04:34 > 0:04:39OK, 100 euros, that's phenomenally cheap. That is very surprising.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Because this market, looking around, seems incredibly expensive,
0:04:42 > 0:04:46but that thing is an inlaid Syrian late 19th century piece,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49probably made for the export market, for Europe.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53A lot of these things turn up in posh sales, interior design sales in England.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55They can do very, very well.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59They can do between 200, 300, 400, maybe even 500 quid on a good day.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02How about if I bought two, this one and this one?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04250.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06250 for two.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10OK. How about 150 for two?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- One... No.- No, that is not good?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Non. Il faut...
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- 200.- 200. Good man.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Thank you. D'accord. Brilliant.
0:05:21 > 0:05:27Perfect. 20 minutes into the fair, two purchases, 200 euros down.
0:05:27 > 0:05:34David buys the magazine rack and Syrian table for a combined price of just over £180.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39The Northern whippet is off and running, but our southern bulldog is no slouch.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44He has sniffed out a perfume bottle and is gearing up to using all his wily ways
0:05:44 > 0:05:46to come up smelling of roses.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48C'est combien, s'il vous plait?
0:05:48 > 0:05:5080.
0:05:50 > 0:05:5180 euros...
0:05:53 > 0:05:5570 quid, isn't it, roughly? 60 odd quid.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Le...
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Point out the flaws, as always, a little tiny chip.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Try and make her laugh...
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- A little. Yes.- A little chip. - But that is a silver.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- Yes, yes, yes.- I have name.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- Is that your name?- Not my name.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- What is your name? - My name, Francoise.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Oh, my first girlfriend was called Francoise.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23She wasn't as beautiful as you.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26She has gone down by 10 euros already.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28You can a price.
0:06:28 > 0:06:34OK, can I offer you a bad price? Would you prefer cinquante?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- Jamais. Never.- Soixante?- Non.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Non.- Oh... Soixante, avec...
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- Avec les yeux.- Avec un cafe?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Deux cafes.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Soixante and deux cafes?
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- Oui.- Vendu. We have a deal.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Oh, what a smoothy.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Our cheeky charmer secures the cut glass perfume bottle which,
0:06:56 > 0:07:01including the coffees, sets him back just under £60.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Mark and David have made their first purchases
0:07:03 > 0:07:08but they are both noticing how many items here are well out of their price range.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Look at that chair, what a corker.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- 900 quid.- 1,800.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- Oh, dear.- So, it's premium prices here in Paris,
0:07:17 > 0:07:21and David suspects Mark might have the upper hand.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26The trick would be to dress as a tramp, a bit like Mark Franks, and you might get a better deal.
0:07:26 > 0:07:33Now, now, Mr Harper. Mark has got a helpful tip up his garish sleeve, or rather, it's in his pockets.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37This pocket is full of your big notes.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Whereas this pocket is full of your small notes.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45So, when you go up to somebody, ask a price, you can decide which pocket you work from
0:07:45 > 0:07:49or flick one out of the big pocket and take some out of the small pocket.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52That way, it doesn't show that you've got lots of money to spend.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Yes, mischievous Mark, he's got it all worked out, you know.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58He's moving fast and sticking to his strategy of finding items
0:07:58 > 0:08:02that he knows a particularly cheap here in France.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Nice mirror, asking price, how much? He's on the phone.
0:08:06 > 0:08:12200, 190, 180 roughly. And he's knocked us down to 150 straight away.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14It's got a bit of damage, but it can be done.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Cent? Cash?
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Oh, look at that, Franksy has got his hand in the big notes pocket.
0:08:20 > 0:08:26- Come on, look. It's damaged, look. Look.- Je sais, je sais.- Cent.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27He's pointed out the damage
0:08:27 > 0:08:31and look, his hand shifts into the small notes pocket.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- I am a poor Englishman. - THEY LAUGH
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Made him laugh, it's always a good start!
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Cent vingt. Le dernier prix.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Oh, what a demo of deadly dealing.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47The pocket trick, pointing out the damage, making him laugh, sealing the deal.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51In this case, an oval mirror for just under £110.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Very good glass, bevelled edge down there, look, all the way round.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58A bit of damage at the bottom, that can be reconstructed.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Flowers at the top, look.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04A big crest at the top.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07When in Rome, or when in Paris,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09buy French stuff.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12# Here comes the mirror man... #
0:09:20 > 0:09:25So, our bulldog from Blighty is bang on strategy, buying the French mirror in double-quick time.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30Pedigree performer David is trying to light up his day with a group deal
0:09:30 > 0:09:35for a pair of silver-plated candelabras, a smaller single candelabra
0:09:35 > 0:09:37and a miniature horse made of bone.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43- So, have I bought those candlesticks and that one and the freebie horse for 175?- No, you can't.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- How about 180?- No.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Oh, come on. Do me for 180. Come on.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53- Cash.- 190.- 185.- No.- I'll spin you. - No, no, no.- Heads or tails?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55185, 190. Go on, let me spin you.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58All right, we spin for 180 or 220.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Oh, no, no. No!
0:09:59 > 0:10:01The dealer ups the stakes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05But our tenacious terrier David never gives up.
0:10:05 > 0:10:11- 185 for 190.- You know what, I have never been so tired talking to somebody for five euros.- Good!
0:10:11 > 0:10:14It means I am doing a very good job!
0:10:14 > 0:10:17No, very bad. Normally I chuck the people out if they are so hard!
0:10:17 > 0:10:19A bit of fun, 185 or 190?
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Antoine! Relieve me, he is tiring me out.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27- But I am harder than my father. - Oh, you're not?
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- It is our business, we live from that.- You don't want to spin a coin?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33- No.- Oh, fine, thank you very much. Winning without spinning.
0:10:33 > 0:10:40Success, David bags himself the three candelabras and the bone horse for just under £170.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44The devilish one drove the vendor to surrender.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Mark has only two purchases, but he is travelling at speed
0:10:47 > 0:10:52and before long he has hot-footed his way into another potential deal.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Combien?- 100.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56100 euros, 90 quid.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58It is a present, he is saying.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Yeah, I know.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Oh, he has got nice shoes. Look at his shoes, they are nice.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Yeah, tres jolie.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09So, I have complimented him, we have had a laugh. Le dernier prix?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Moi, proposer... - Vas-y, dit le prix.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- Ca ira plus vite.- Soixante.- 60?
0:11:17 > 0:11:23Mark suggests a price and bags the bronze boot for just under £55.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Definitely going to put the boot in with this one.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Fighting talk there from feisty Franksy.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34Let's see if he has is as brave when he comes face to face with his opponent.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- Hey, Marky. How you doing?- I'm doing all right, mate, how are you doing?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40How is your strategy coming together?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42- Well, it is kind of working.- Really?
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Yes, it is. I am buying some cracking things.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Some of the prices are absolutely off the planet Mars,
0:11:47 > 0:11:52but once you get in there, the bargains are there, and I've bought a handful. What about you?
0:11:52 > 0:11:58Well, I hadn't taken into account the blistering heat, so my tearing around hasn't really worked.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00But I've covered most of the market.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05I have not hung around. If there is nothing to catch my eye or the prices aren't right, I move on.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- Are you happy?- I'm ecstatic!
0:12:08 > 0:12:09You seem it. Come on.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- Continue, you go that way.- Yes, both boys are vying for the advantage
0:12:13 > 0:12:16and this heated battle between north and south is well underway.
0:12:16 > 0:12:22Time then to see who is the leader of the pack and who is the runt of the litter.
0:12:22 > 0:12:29They started the day at St Ouen street market in Paris with £750 worth of euros of their own money.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33Mark, our bulldog from Blighty has bagged just three items
0:12:33 > 0:12:39and has parted with just over £220, leaving almost 530 in his kitty.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43David showed his pedigree early and has bagged five items
0:12:43 > 0:12:48for a total of £350, which means there is still 400 for him to spend.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53The contest here in Paris is far from over
0:12:53 > 0:12:57and our hound dogs are still in hot pursuit of those all-important bargains.
0:12:57 > 0:13:04They've got £750 worth of euros to spend, buying up antiques which they must then sell back in Blighty.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09They both want to win, but devilish David senses weakness.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12You know, after my meeting there with Mark, I'm kind of encouraged
0:13:12 > 0:13:16because I don't know if you noticed it, but he is hot and flustered
0:13:16 > 0:13:19and he's bothered, and I think he just wants to go home.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23For me, that is a good sign because this, at the end of the day,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27is a competition so if his energy is waning, get in there!
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Well, David is in high spirits but his confidence might be
0:13:31 > 0:13:38slightly misplaced, because Franksy is hard on the scent of a mega-deal for, you guessed it, mirrors.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40# Here comes the mirror man... #
0:13:48 > 0:13:51This is a mirror frame, there is no mirror in it.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55You know you can buy glass and get it put in so it is not the end of the world.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Give me a second and I will see if I can get a few together
0:13:59 > 0:14:02and try and have a deal.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Let's face it, there's like, four customers in this place.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10He is going to want my money, I'm going to want to buy a few items and try and get some discount.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Mark is sticking to his strategy like glue.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16He is trying to buy items that he knows are cheap here in France.
0:14:16 > 0:14:22David's strategy was to be driven by price and he has spotted something that he thinks will fit the bill.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25They are nice. They're very nice.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- I think he might like these, don't you?- They're lovely, aren't they?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32So, enlighten us, David.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34They're very French indeed.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Hand-blown.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39You can tell by the imperfections all over the glass, there's bubbles in there.
0:14:39 > 0:14:45It's not perfect in its shape and in its form, but that actually makes something utterly perfect.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48So they're probably early 20th century,
0:14:48 > 0:14:50maybe a little Art Nouveau,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53maybe heading into the First World War, maybe 1920.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57But a pair of cracking things.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02Now, what you'd always look for on glass, particularly French glass, is signatures.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03They make all the difference.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Otherwise you can only attribute or just think they're made by someone.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Excuse me, monsieur, a price on these, please?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14HE ANSWERS IN FRENCH
0:15:14 > 0:15:20- How much, sorry?- 1... - MAN SPEAKS IN FRENCH
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- 120 euros.- 1-2-0... 120 euros?
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- Oui.- Bit of a dilemma, really.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29I don't really like paying the first price, of course I don't.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34However, they do seem quite cheap, so just over £100, probably.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39With only a limited grasp of French, David enlists the help of a nearby security guard.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Can you just ask him, does he think they're early 20th century?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- 1920s, does he think?- 19?
0:15:46 > 0:15:481920s?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50How old, how old does he think?
0:15:51 > 0:15:57HE ASKS IN FRENCH
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Cent. One.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01- Allez, cent.- What's he saying?- 100.
0:16:01 > 0:16:07OK, that's very interesting because what I've just done, actually, is ask for confirmation as to their age,
0:16:07 > 0:16:11because I think they're early 20th century, so I said "Are they 1920s?"
0:16:11 > 0:16:13He asked him and he came back and he said they're 100 euros.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17So suddenly, by asking one bizarre question, I've got a discount.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18That's absolutely mental.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22I'm going to ask something else. Um, what colour trousers is he wearing?
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I'll probably get a discount.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27So it's 100 euros? OK.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Well, I'm going to have to have them, aren't I?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Hm, David surprised himself there.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36He got a discount on the vases and carries them away for just over £90.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38I'm better at this than I thought.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Mirror man Franksie is looking to make what could be
0:16:41 > 0:16:45a game-changing deal for a whopping 10 mirror frames.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49500.
0:16:49 > 0:16:5150 euros each.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53£45 each that works out to.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Bit of glass, fiver, 50 quid.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Got to be worth a one-r each, haven't they?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00So that would give Mr Franks a 100% profit.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04But can he get an even better deal?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06I propose...
0:17:06 > 0:17:12I give you 400 euros and I take 10 frames, sans glass.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Cash.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- Let me show you.- Yes, yes, yes.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Regardez, regardez, smell. - No problem, no problem.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- Smells good, smells good. - HE LAUGHS
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Right, one, 50...52, 53, 54, look...
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Do you want to take it with you?
0:17:27 > 0:17:28OK. Carry on.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- Yes, deal?- Yes.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Whoa, that's a mirror-aculous deal for Mark!
0:17:34 > 0:17:40He's bagged 10 mirror frames for just over £360.
0:17:40 > 0:17:4210 frame at your selection.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Excellent. You're a gentleman, thank you.
0:17:47 > 0:17:53Yes, Mark has mirrors not only for the bathroom but for every bloomin' room in the house.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Beautiful. Look at that.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58He now has just over £160 left in his kitty,
0:17:58 > 0:18:03but he must hold some of his budget back for restoration and mirror glass.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Getting there, aren't we? What a lovely collection of frames.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Bit of work, bit of magic and suddenly, you wait and see.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13We're going to transform these into a big wad of cash.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Devilish David is lagging behind his Southern rival.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21He's still got over £300 left to spend, but he's sniffed out
0:18:21 > 0:18:24a pair of bedside cabinets that he likes the look of.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27These are made from walnut.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Early 20th century, so 1900-1920.
0:18:31 > 0:18:38Absolutely always rocket sellers, they'll fly out the door of any decent antique shop.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43Marquetry inlay, so that's that decoration, flowery decoration, but cut in, not painted.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Ormolu handles, so that's a gold patinated bronze.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49And look at that side panel.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54That doesn't necessarily have to be so pretty, but it... Oh, he's put the light on.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Thank you. That's much better. I can see all the faults now.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- Monsieur.- Oui?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04The best trade price.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- The best, best price.- 380.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12A trade dealer, antique dealer from England...?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14350.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16- What about 250?- 350.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20- What about 250?- No, no, 350.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Really? 290?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- 350.- I can't, I haven't got enough money.- Ah, je m'excuse.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30David's quest to spend the remainder of his money seems to have stalled.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35Mark has stalled as well and is reflecting on his mirror buying bonanza.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38I'm really confident with what I've bought
0:19:38 > 0:19:42so now I'm going to decide what to do for the rest of the day.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Time to contemplate.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- Anyone got a glass of champagne? - Well, Mark won't be moving for a while.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57He can't spend any more because his plan is to hang on to his remaining money
0:19:57 > 0:20:00for restoring his mirrors back in the UK.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03David is still trying to buy the bedside cabinets.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09The dealer has come down in price - 330 euros is within David's budget.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13But true to form, he's trying to push it down even further.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16That's very bad, yeah?
0:20:16 > 0:20:17But this...
0:20:17 > 0:20:19is very good.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21No, no, no.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Bon, d'accord.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26This is me blowing just about everything.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Oh, oh, oh!
0:20:29 > 0:20:34You are the hardest man, not in France, in the world.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35- You are.- It's good.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37It is good.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39What are you doing now?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Hallelujah!
0:20:45 > 0:20:47So David bags his final deal,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49spending just over £280
0:20:49 > 0:20:52for a stunning pair of early 20th century
0:20:52 > 0:20:54walnut bedside cabinets.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Monsieur, you're a star. An absolute star. And that's it.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59That's all I've got left.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Our gallant dealers have covered a huge area on a scorching hot day in this Paris market.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Time, then, to see who has spent the most.
0:21:08 > 0:21:15Mark and David started with euros to the value of £750 of their own money.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Mark bought 13 items, including 10 mirror frames,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22and spent just under £590.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26David bagged seven items and spent just over £720.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33Our dealers have used their knowledge to buy the items they think will net them the most profit.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Before they go their separate ways, though,
0:21:36 > 0:21:40they're keen to have a sneaky peek at their opponent's wares.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- Nice mirror, bevelled glass. What do you make of that? - Late 19th century, early 20th.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Spot on. This is nice. Feel that cut glass.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50I really like that. That's obviously a French one.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- Bit of quality. - In the English taste.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Marked up sterling.- OK, yeah.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I must admit, your candlesticks are very nice.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- You like those?- Yeah.- Good pair.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Nice candelabras, early 19th century in style, but a 20th century manufacturer.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07Lovely because they convert very easily into a pair of single sticks.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09These are very Galle-esque, aren't they?
0:22:09 > 0:22:13They are Galle-esque. Sadly they aren't marked Galle, but these are my big hope.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18I think I've got a built-in profit in all of my items. I'm feeling quite confident.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Well, here's to turning all this lot into a profit.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Cheers, mate.- All the best.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Mark and David make their way back to Blighty to start selling their items.
0:22:26 > 0:22:33The aim is to secure as much profit as possible on each piece and donate it to the charity of their choice.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38Mark will be selling a lead crystal perfume bottle,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40a modern, large bronze boot,
0:22:40 > 0:22:43an oval mirror with a bevelled edge
0:22:43 > 0:22:46and an assortment of 10 mirror frames.
0:22:46 > 0:22:51David will be selling a late 19th century Syrian table...
0:22:51 > 0:22:54a 19th century magazine rack...
0:22:54 > 0:22:58three silver plated candelabras and a bone horse.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02A pair of Art Nouveau Legras-style vases...
0:23:02 > 0:23:06and a pair of early 20th century walnut bedside tables.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Having bought their items in the antiques Saint-Ouen market in Paris,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14the challenge now for David and Mark
0:23:14 > 0:23:18is to sell their purchases for the biggest possible profit.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22They'll both be pulling out all the stops to find the right buyers for their items, and they're
0:23:22 > 0:23:28working their way through their little black books, putting together deals on the phone and by e-mail.
0:23:28 > 0:23:34But until they've shaken on it and money has changed hands, no deal is truly sealed.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37With the selling part of today's challenge under way,
0:23:37 > 0:23:42Mark is in London heading for an appointment which we all dread.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Teeth perfect. But I'm on the way to the dentist.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Why am I going to the dentist? Because I've had a brainwave,
0:23:51 > 0:23:56and it involves the mirrors I've bought in France and restoring them.
0:23:56 > 0:24:02Well, those frames were a little rough around the edges and certainly had the odd cavity.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06But only time will reveal exactly how a dentist can help Franksie in his quest.
0:24:06 > 0:24:12David is in his shop in Barnard Castle and hot on the trail of his first sale.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Can I just tell you what I have held in my hand?
0:24:15 > 0:24:23I've got one of a pair of beautiful Legras-style vases.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26You're going to love them when you see them in the flesh.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32- Excited.- So, David has got some interest, but will he swing a deal?
0:24:32 > 0:24:36And what exactly is Mark doing at the dentist?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38I've come up with a brainwave.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Last time you went to the dentist, did they get one of these trays
0:24:41 > 0:24:44and fill it with some plastic stuff and shove it in your mouth?
0:24:44 > 0:24:48And when they took it out, the impression was on it but it was still flexible?
0:24:48 > 0:24:50That's this stuff.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55It's a special dentistry secret stuff, and I'm buying a couple of these to take with me.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00What I'm going to do is I'm going to make a little mould, put it on top of the frames,
0:25:00 > 0:25:04hopefully when it sets, peel it off, get some plaster and then replicate
0:25:04 > 0:25:09the pattern, restore the frames and then sell them for huge profit.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Wish me luck.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Sounds like a cut-glass plan.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Mark buys a packet of alginate for £10, which will be deducted from
0:25:17 > 0:25:21his restoration budget, and starts putting his master plan into effect.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26- Only me! - He's tucked up in his friend's garage in the London suburbs.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31He's got his mirrors and he's about to carry out his very own restoration.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36I've not done this before. This is just a complete Franksie madness guess up.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40So I reckon that this section here, if I can get a mould of that
0:25:40 > 0:25:43and then copy it, I can plonk it in where I need to.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Mark's masterclass in mirror repair.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Step one, mix the alginate.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54Step two, apply to an existing feature you want to copy.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Get your fingers crossed!
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Step three, allow the mould to harden
0:25:59 > 0:26:01- and then gently remove.- Ha-ha!
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Step four, mix the plaster of Paris.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Step five, push into the mould.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09All we can do now is pray.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Step six, pray for divine intervention.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Step seven, remove the mould from the plaster of Paris.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23Step eight, trim the cast section to fit the gap.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24It's so exciting.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Now, how about that? Look at that.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Step nine, fix the section and spray.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36I've got to be honest, I'm quite pleased with that. It's really good.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41So, really, I've only got like another month's worth of work to do, so I'll see you later.
0:26:41 > 0:26:47Looks like our London lad has got some long, dark nights ahead of him at this rate.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Devilish David is on the banks of the River Tees.
0:26:50 > 0:26:57He's hoping to sell his Legras-style vases, which cost him just over £90 in Paris.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Please grab one of those,
0:27:00 > 0:27:06hold it to the light and tell me that they aren't early 20th century,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09French, made by Legras.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Well, I agree that they're 20th century.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- Early 20th century.- Yes.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17I can't believe that they're Legras.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Pardon?
0:27:19 > 0:27:23They don't feel like Legras to me.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27I bet devilish Dave isn't about to take that one lying down.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29The glass is thin.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Let me just stop you there. The glass is thin.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- It's completely hand-blown. Look at the base.- Yes.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Look at where the pontil mark was, and it's been polished out.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41The swirls in the glass.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45First of all, let's just absolutely agree that they aren't fake.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- They aren't fake, no.- Because there are fakes on the market.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- Yes, there are. This isn't. - They've got 100 years in age.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Yes, I agree.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56- Getting somewhere at least. - It's like watching a master at work.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01David has wrestled back control of the deal, but can he get a good price?
0:28:01 > 0:28:05I think in time I could put work into them, attribute them to Legras,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- and I could sell them to a dealer for £500 or £600.- Mm-hm.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13If I can't attribute them, I still think they're worth £300.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16OK. Well, I want to buy them, David.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18- I knew you would.- But...
0:28:18 > 0:28:19This is where it gets very difficult.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23£300 is too much.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Would you pay 220 for them?
0:28:25 > 0:28:27They're very speculative.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32I think we need to be looking at... 170.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Yeah. I'll do them for 200.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40180.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42180, David, David, David...
0:28:42 > 0:28:46I'll split the difference at 190. An extra £10 could make all the difference.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50Let's cut the deal at 180 and both be happy, David.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- Come on.- You're fabulous. Done deal, well done.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56David knows exactly when it's the right moment to accept a deal
0:28:56 > 0:29:01and makes a cool profit of just under £90 on the vases,
0:29:01 > 0:29:03almost doubling his money.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06The most important thing, always, is to turn a profit.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09That's exactly what I've done so I'm very happy.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13If he makes £200 or £300 in the future, good luck on him.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Devilish David is off to a flying start in this selling contest.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- And with his mirror restoration under way...- Come on!
0:29:20 > 0:29:27..Mark is out and about in London with his bronze boot which cost him just under £55 in Paris.
0:29:27 > 0:29:33# These boots are made for walking And that's just what they'll do
0:29:33 > 0:29:38# One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you... #
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- I'll give you £50 for it. - It cost me more than that.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45I'll take 80 and not a penny less otherwise I'll have to walk away.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Well, yeah, I'm afraid you'll have to walk away.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49I mean, I can't even lift the thing up.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54Well, you don't want to because once it's down here... Look, if we put it down there, it's so heavy.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59- You've got your umbrellas in there. - Nah.- See, it won't get knocked over.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01- I don't know. - It's going to be an asset.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- No, it won't be an asset. - I'll knock a fiver off for luck, 75.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- No, no, no.- Come on, up your bid, come on, give us a chance.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- I think I'm being kind offering £50. - Can't sell at a loss.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17I suppose the only thing I can say is I'll have to take it with me and go and see the cobblers.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Yeah, you know I'll always give you £50 for it.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24- Yeah, I can't take a loss. - What else can I say?
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Really?
0:30:27 > 0:30:30I hope you ask for discount on them shoes. Right, I'll be in touch.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- I'll call you.- All right. Bye, Mark.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Well, the boot goes back into the van.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44I'm absolutely amazed. I thought he was going to buy that, like that.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Quick as you like. If he don't buy it,
0:30:48 > 0:30:50someone else will have to. Come on.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55A deflated Mark will have to think of a new strategy to get a sale for that boot.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59The devilish one is also facing up to the trials and tribulations of dealing.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04On the return journey from France, his bone horse was damaged in transit.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08It wasn't David's fault, so the Put Your Money gamesmasters have decided,
0:31:08 > 0:31:13with his rival's full agreement, to reimburse him for the cost price of the horse.
0:31:13 > 0:31:19The bad news, though, is that he's now got one less item from which to make a profit.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Nevertheless, David is soldiering on.
0:31:22 > 0:31:28He's heading to Darlington to see a dealer contact of his and he's hoping to sell the small candelabras
0:31:28 > 0:31:31which were bought in Paris as part of a job lot.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34It's very glamorous, Lynn, just like you.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36It's very beautiful, just like you.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Ah, you're flattering me now!
0:31:38 > 0:31:43- It works!- You're wanting a lot of money for this, aren't you? - I do. £5,000 if you don't mind.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- No.- No?- No.- I'd need to do quite a lot of flattery, wouldn't I?
0:31:46 > 0:31:48- Yes, you would. You would. - What do you think?
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I'm going to pass it over to you.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- 30.- 55.
0:31:55 > 0:31:5640. I'll do 40.
0:31:56 > 0:31:5945 and we're done. How's that?
0:31:59 > 0:32:01- 40.- Go on, Lynn.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03(Another fiver.)
0:32:03 > 0:32:04- Oh, go on then.- Good girl!
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Wonderful, thank you.
0:32:07 > 0:32:13Sealed with a kiss and smoothie David romps away with £45 from the sale of the smallest candelabra.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17He now needs to sell the final items from this group purchase -
0:32:17 > 0:32:21the larger pair of candelabras for more than £82 in order to make a profit.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27Mark has made no sales and is on his way south of the Thames.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32Having failed to sell his bronze boot, he really needs to chalk up some profit if he's to have
0:32:32 > 0:32:34any chance in this contest.
0:32:34 > 0:32:40He's decided to try and get a speedy sale of his ornate oval mirror to an antiques dealer contact of his.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43It cost him just under £110.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Hello, Jill. How are you?
0:32:45 > 0:32:50- Hiya, Mark. How are you?- Not bad, I thought I'd come and see the cutest antique dealer in the world.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53I've brought you a beautiful mirror...
0:32:53 > 0:32:56- OK.- ..that I bought in Paris.
0:32:56 > 0:33:02I know you know what you're doing but what I thought could happen is if you trimmed these off,
0:33:02 > 0:33:05- took these little bits off, you've still got the rope running through there.- Yep.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10You could either do one of your brilliant paint effects or you could get that regilded.
0:33:10 > 0:33:15So I think it's probably easily 100 years old and, apparently,
0:33:15 > 0:33:20this bevelling is all hand-done and it's not been done by a machine.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25It's in generally good condition and I just thought, it's smart, you're smart,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28where else could I take it?
0:33:28 > 0:33:31- How much, Mark?- 1-5-0.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33150, how does that sound?
0:33:33 > 0:33:36150's a bit too steep for me, Mark.
0:33:36 > 0:33:41To be honest, it's about 110. It's about 110, that's about the top that I could offer you.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45You see, when she flutters those eyelids, I'm just in bits here.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49I think it owes me 110, I do need to try and make a profit.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51What about 130?
0:33:51 > 0:33:54It's not a lot of money for a lot of mirror. A lot of mirror.
0:33:56 > 0:34:01130's pushing it still, 120. 120.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03HE MOUTHS
0:34:03 > 0:34:06- Come on.- Don't flutter them eyelids.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- Go on then.- 120. - I just can't do anything, can I?
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Franksy's off the mark,
0:34:11 > 0:34:15securing just over £10 profit for the gilt-framed oval mirror.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Both our experts are working hard to sell their items.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23Time now to see who's selling well and who's dragging their feet.
0:34:23 > 0:34:29Mark has made a very disappointing start selling just one item for £120
0:34:29 > 0:34:32giving him a small profit of just over £10.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34David is faring far better.
0:34:34 > 0:34:41He's made £225 worth of sales and banked a profit of just under £90.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46So if Mr Franks is going to win today's confrontation, he's really got his work cut out.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51After the disappointing rejection of his bronze boot, earlier, our indomitable London lad
0:34:51 > 0:34:56has used his nous and found another potential purchaser. The Boot pub.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59The boot cost him just under £55.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02I've got the heaviest bronze boot in the world.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05I spoke to you on the phone about it. What do you think of that?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- Very impressive, yeah.- Yeah.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09I might have a job for it.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12All I want is a couple of hundred quid and a pint of Guinness.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16Well, perhaps a pint of Guinness but I don't know about the couple of hundred quid.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17What's it worth to you?
0:35:17 > 0:35:19£50.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Well, that's a very, very low offer.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27Very low offer. I've started at 200, you've started at 50. Why don't we meet in the middle, 120?
0:35:27 > 0:35:29£70.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34- £80 and we've got a deal, I'll shake on it. £80. There's my hand, there's my heart.- I'll... 75.
0:35:34 > 0:35:39- 76.- 75.- All right, you've got a deal. £75, thank you very much.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42So Franksy makes just over £20 profit,
0:35:42 > 0:35:45booting his challenge into life.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48David is also on the hunt for profit.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53He bought a Canterbury magazine rack and a Syrian table for just over £180.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57He's hoping to sell the table to a long-standing contact.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00As I discussed on the phone, it's late-19th century.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04It's Syrian, typically Syrian but very good quality.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07The detail is quite astonishing when you think of it.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11It's a softwood carcass and then it's the marquetry and the inlays
0:36:11 > 0:36:19put in in ebony and satin woods or fruit woods and then inlaid with bits of bone and the mother-of-pearl.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- It's stunning, isn't it? - It's stunning.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25- I bought it well, and I'll sell it well to you, Gary.- OK.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29- 140.- Yeah, I'm really comfortable with that.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32I'm not going to haggle. I think it's worth that all day long.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Gary, thank you very much.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38Yes, that's a great result for David and when he sells the 19th-century magazine rack
0:36:38 > 0:36:42to a dealer contact for a further £140, he makes a healthy profit
0:36:42 > 0:36:47of just under £100 for the two items.
0:36:47 > 0:36:53Mr Franks is in Surrey taking his perfume bottle, which cost just over £57, to a dealer contact.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56He's on the scent of profit.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58It's a sterling mark here.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Let's have a look at the glass.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Make sure we get no chips.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06He's doing it with his hands because they're more sensitive than your eyes.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09That's right. And with my eyes, I can't see anything.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Who said that?
0:37:11 > 0:37:14So that's what you've got to do. Always use your hands.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16The best for me on that's going to be £65.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Oh, that's a very small profit.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23- It's a profit. - Can you go a tiny bit more?
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- 70 and we've got a deal. - Go on then, I can't say no.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- Cheers, mate. Thanks, well done. - That's a fair price.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33Yes, and that fair price gives Mark a small profit of just under £13.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38He's lagging far behind his rival and he only has his ten mirrors left to sell.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42He's been working hard on them and got them all partially restored.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46And using the remainder of his budget, he's made a deal to have them reglazed.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Tell you what.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52David Harper would like a head of hair like that, wouldn't he?
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Have a look at these mirrors, they look fab.
0:37:55 > 0:38:00Need a little bit more restoring, I'm going to give them a lick of paint and then, bosh,
0:38:00 > 0:38:02off they go. Look at that.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05You can actually see now, they're mirrors.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Transformed.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09All we have to do is make a profit.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12But one question and one question only -
0:38:12 > 0:38:15mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the best antique dealer of them all?
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Me or David Harper?
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Well, there's confidence.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23Franksy heads off to apply the finishing touches to his mirrors.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27In the North of England, Mr Harper is in his Barnard Castle shop
0:38:27 > 0:38:31and he has some very good news about his pair of candelabras.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Mark and I are getting together shortly
0:38:33 > 0:38:38for a final reckoning and I either turn up with goods or I turn up with money.
0:38:38 > 0:38:43I've decided to turn up with money so I've sold them to a dealer - one of my contacts - for £180.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Oh, what a result.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49That's a profit of just under £100 for the two candelabras.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Remember, the smaller ones sold earlier.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54The good news doesn't stop there for David.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57He's also found a buyer for the walnut bedside cabinets.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02They're gone. Money is coming in, £300 sold.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05I don't even know how to work out the money...
0:39:05 > 0:39:08currency conversion thing. Basically I haven't done very well.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10It's a very poor showing on my behalf.
0:39:10 > 0:39:15Oh, Mr High-Standards Harper is disappointed but that poor showing
0:39:15 > 0:39:21has still made him a profit of just under £20 and a profit is a profit.
0:39:21 > 0:39:26He's all sold up and the pressure is now on his southern rival to make some money from his ten mirrors.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30He's restored them all, had them all reglazed
0:39:30 > 0:39:35and he's painted them to give them the urban, shabby-chic look that he knows will appeal to London buyers.
0:39:35 > 0:39:40Now, Mark's taken them to a mate of his who owns an antique shop in south London.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Mirrors are really good sellers, actually. To be honest,
0:39:50 > 0:39:55mirrors are...now pictures. People used to buy pictures, now they buy mirrors. I don't know why.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Let me show you this one.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00You've obviously put new glass in them all, haven't you?
0:40:00 > 0:40:03They've all had new glass because they didn't have any glass when I bought them.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07- This interesting deco look in a French mirror.- Mais oui, mange tout.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Yes, Peckham French from our boy Franksy.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15This isn't going very well for our London lad but at least he's making his dealer contact laugh.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Now, can he do a deal?
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Actually people quite like the foxed glass now.
0:40:20 > 0:40:26Because, as I was saying, they're almost pictures rather than actually mirrors that go on the wall.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28I'll tell you what we'll do.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Nice, cheap price, £80 each, boom, there we go.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Hang on, hang on. Ten eights.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35800.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39- That is too much. - You sell three of them, got your money back, the rest is profit.
0:40:39 > 0:40:44Including restoration, the mirrors cost Franksy just over £520.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Selling for 800 would swing the contest in Mark's favour.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50We'll find out shortly whether Mark managed to sell his mirrors.
0:40:50 > 0:40:56Time now, though, to tot up the totals and reveal who has made the most cash.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58OK.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02Mark spent just under £590 at the French antiques market
0:41:02 > 0:41:06and almost the remainder of his budget restoring the ten mirrors.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10David on the other hand parted with just over £720 of his budget.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14All the profit that David and Mark make
0:41:14 > 0:41:18over a week of challenges will go to a charity of their choice.
0:41:18 > 0:41:24So without further ado, it's time to find out who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Aha, bonjour.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Comment vous un petit bateau?
0:41:28 > 0:41:32- I've no idea, but does that mean we have to kiss? - Not a chance in hell.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35Mark, the continentals do it, don't be afraid.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38I'm very afraid, I'm not kissing you, all right? That's it, it's over.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- But we had good fun in Paris, did we not?- We certainly did.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43- So it's all about the profit. - Yes, shall we have a look?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- Shall we go for it?- Ready? - Yeah. Un, deux, trois.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50Oh, I've got you, I've got you.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Oh, Mr Harper.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56- Mark, it was a good, fun time had in Paris, was it not?- Oui, oui, oui.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58- Oui, oui, oui.- Oui, oui, oui.
0:41:58 > 0:42:04So it's a victory for David because Mark's mirrors did not perform quite as well as he'd hoped.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07610.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Oh, all right.
0:42:09 > 0:42:15That deal of £61 a mirror gives Mark a total profit of just under £90
0:42:15 > 0:42:18so, in spite of all his hard work, he's second best.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21I've restored those mirrors and they will end up in
0:42:21 > 0:42:24somebody's home so I'm quite proud of the work I've done.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26I just wish I'd made more money.
0:42:26 > 0:42:32That market was absolutely extraordinary and I adored it.
0:42:32 > 0:42:38And to beat Mark Franks as well was even better so all in all, great amount of money, great fun had,
0:42:38 > 0:42:42wonderful items, take me back there tomorrow.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Well, you can't bank any profits yet, chaps.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47There's plenty more challenges to come.
0:42:47 > 0:42:53Tomorrow, our duelling dealers will be squaring up at an antiques market.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56This is a watertight buy that's got a great profit attached.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00I just hope old Franksy is feeling the pressure too.
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