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This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts | 0:00:02 | 0:00:06 | |
against each other in an all-out battle for profit | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
and gives you the inside view on the secrets of the trade. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:12 | |
Ha ha ha! | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
Coming up - our dealers show you how tenacity pays off. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
I have never been so tired talking to somebody for five euros. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:23 | |
Good, it means I am doing a very good job! | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
We reveal the secrets to winning over your opponent. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
I am a poor Englishman. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
Made him laugh, it is always a good start! | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
And how a few well-chosen words can work wonders. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
It is very beautiful, just like you. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
-You are flattering me now. -It works! | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
Today's Continental confrontation pitches that unstoppable master of the barter, | 0:00:56 | 0:01:01 | |
'Devilish' David Harper, | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
against everyone's favourite fast talker, Mark 'Franksy' Franks, | 0:01:03 | 0:01:08 | |
to see who can make the most profit from buying and selling antiques. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:12 | |
The stakes in this competition couldn't be higher. | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
It is the bulldog from the south... | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
Mr Harper is probably terrified. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
..Versus the man with the pedigree from the north. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
Mark Franks would like it. Got his name all over it. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
They are risking their reputations and their own cash in a battle which will test their knowledge | 0:01:26 | 0:01:32 | |
and their contact books to the absolute limit. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
Our duelling duo have up to £750 of their own money to spend today. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:40 | |
Their mission over a week is to make the most profit, | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
all of which will be going to their favourite charities. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
Today's battleground is the vast St Ouen market in Paris. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:51 | |
There are more than 2500 dealers selling everything the heart could desire. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:56 | |
So, our two boys should not be short of options. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
In the battle for profit, there can be only one winner. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:05 | |
Mark Franks and David Harper, it is time to put your money where your mouth is. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:10 | |
Well, here we are, sunny Paris, early morning. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
This is one of the biggest antique fairs in the whole wide world. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
I spoil you, that is the problem. You bring me here... | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
A romantic destination. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
-With Mr Franks. -Enough of that. -How wonderful is that? | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
We've both got £750 worth of euros burning holes in our pockets. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:31 | |
-What is your strategy? You tell me. -Well, no! -Or I'll tell you. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
Well, look, I'm a dealer, aren't I? | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
It doesn't make any difference to me whether something is six feet, six inches, black, pink or gold. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:42 | |
If I can see a profit, Mr Franks, I'm going to buy it. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
Today I am going to be moving fast. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:47 | |
I'm going to be, how much? Yes, no. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
I will do this entire market by the time you have had your first tea break. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
-Well, you have confused me. -It's not hard, is it? | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
You've put your money where your mouth is. Come on. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
It looks like we are in for a scorching competition today. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
Our dealers have mapped out their strategies | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
and David will be investigating everything that is on offer. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
Size and colour will be no barrier. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
Mark said he'd be moving fast, but our London lad is no greyhound | 0:03:12 | 0:03:17 | |
and in the heat of this Parisian cauldron, | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
he could end up sweating like a St Bernard in the Sahara. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
Surely there is more to his strategy than that? | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
Today, I'm not going to be reinventing the wheel. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
We're in France, and there are certain things in France that are cheap. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
Glass, lighting, mirrors. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
And small pieces of furniture. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
If I see anything unusual, wacky, I'll buy it. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
Oh, so fibbing Franksy is really focusing on items which he knows are cheaper to buy here in Paris. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:46 | |
Our antiques entrepreneurs are armed with their own euros | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
up to the value of £750, and they are desperate to win. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:54 | |
Devilish David is straight down to business. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:58 | |
He is quick to home in on a 19th century magazine rack. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
OK, so 150. Yep. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
It is marked up at 200 and I have asked for a merchant price. I think he understands me, I am not sure. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
Is that the very best trade price? | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
Dealer? | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
HE SPEAKS IN FRENCH | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
What, buy more? | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
The dealer is willing to do David an even bigger discount if he finds another item to buy. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:27 | |
This is interesting. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
Cent? Two? 200? | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
-Oui. One-zero-zero. -Oh, one-zero-zero? | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
OK, 100 euros, that's phenomenally cheap. That is very surprising. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:39 | |
Because this market, looking around, seems incredibly expensive, | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
but that thing is an inlaid Syrian late 19th century piece, | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
probably made for the export market, for Europe. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
A lot of these things turn up in posh sales, interior design sales in England. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
They can do very, very well. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
They can do between 200, 300, 400, maybe even 500 quid on a good day. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
How about if I bought two, this one and this one? | 0:04:59 | 0:05:02 | |
250. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
250 for two. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
OK. How about 150 for two? | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
-One... No. -No, that is not good? | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
Non. Il faut... | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
-200. -200. Good man. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
Thank you. D'accord. Brilliant. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:21 | |
Perfect. 20 minutes into the fair, two purchases, 200 euros down. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:27 | |
David buys the magazine rack and Syrian table for a combined price of just over £180. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:34 | |
The Northern whippet is off and running, but our southern bulldog is no slouch. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:39 | |
He has sniffed out a perfume bottle and is gearing up to using all his wily ways | 0:05:39 | 0:05:44 | |
to come up smelling of roses. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
C'est combien, s'il vous plait? | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
80. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:50 | |
80 euros... | 0:05:50 | 0:05:51 | |
70 quid, isn't it, roughly? 60 odd quid. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
Le... | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
Point out the flaws, as always, a little tiny chip. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
Try and make her laugh... | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
-A little. Yes. -A little chip. -But that is a silver. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
-Yes, yes, yes. -I have name. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:13 | |
-Is that your name? -Not my name. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
-What is your name? -My name, Francoise. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
Oh, my first girlfriend was called Francoise. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
She wasn't as beautiful as you. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:23 | |
She has gone down by 10 euros already. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
You can a price. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
OK, can I offer you a bad price? Would you prefer cinquante? | 0:06:28 | 0:06:34 | |
-Jamais. Never. -Soixante? -Non. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
-Non. -Oh... Soixante, avec... | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
-Avec les yeux. -Avec un cafe? | 0:06:42 | 0:06:44 | |
Deux cafes. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
Soixante and deux cafes? | 0:06:46 | 0:06:47 | |
-Oui. -Vendu. We have a deal. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
Oh, what a smoothy. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
Our cheeky charmer secures the cut glass perfume bottle which, | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
including the coffees, sets him back just under £60. | 0:06:56 | 0:07:01 | |
Mark and David have made their first purchases | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
but they are both noticing how many items here are well out of their price range. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:08 | |
Look at that chair, what a corker. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
-900 quid. -1,800. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
-Oh, dear. -So, it's premium prices here in Paris, | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
and David suspects Mark might have the upper hand. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:21 | |
The trick would be to dress as a tramp, a bit like Mark Franks, and you might get a better deal. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:26 | |
Now, now, Mr Harper. Mark has got a helpful tip up his garish sleeve, or rather, it's in his pockets. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:33 | |
This pocket is full of your big notes. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:37 | |
Whereas this pocket is full of your small notes. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
So, when you go up to somebody, ask a price, you can decide which pocket you work from | 0:07:40 | 0:07:45 | |
or flick one out of the big pocket and take some out of the small pocket. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:49 | |
That way, it doesn't show that you've got lots of money to spend. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
Yes, mischievous Mark, he's got it all worked out, you know. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
He's moving fast and sticking to his strategy of finding items | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
that he knows a particularly cheap here in France. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
Nice mirror, asking price, how much? He's on the phone. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:06 | |
200, 190, 180 roughly. And he's knocked us down to 150 straight away. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:12 | |
It's got a bit of damage, but it can be done. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
Cent? Cash? | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
Oh, look at that, Franksy has got his hand in the big notes pocket. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:20 | |
-Come on, look. It's damaged, look. Look. -Je sais, je sais. -Cent. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:26 | |
He's pointed out the damage | 0:08:26 | 0:08:27 | |
and look, his hand shifts into the small notes pocket. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
-I am a poor Englishman. -THEY LAUGH | 0:08:31 | 0:08:35 | |
Made him laugh, it's always a good start! | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
Cent vingt. Le dernier prix. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
Oh, what a demo of deadly dealing. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
The pocket trick, pointing out the damage, making him laugh, sealing the deal. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:47 | |
In this case, an oval mirror for just under £110. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:51 | |
Very good glass, bevelled edge down there, look, all the way round. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
A bit of damage at the bottom, that can be reconstructed. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:58 | |
Flowers at the top, look. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
A big crest at the top. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
When in Rome, or when in Paris, | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
buy French stuff. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
# Here comes the mirror man... # | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
So, our bulldog from Blighty is bang on strategy, buying the French mirror in double-quick time. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:25 | |
Pedigree performer David is trying to light up his day with a group deal | 0:09:25 | 0:09:30 | |
for a pair of silver-plated candelabras, a smaller single candelabra | 0:09:30 | 0:09:35 | |
and a miniature horse made of bone. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
-So, have I bought those candlesticks and that one and the freebie horse for 175? -No, you can't. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:43 | |
-How about 180? -No. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:45 | |
Oh, come on. Do me for 180. Come on. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
-Cash. -190. -185. -No. -I'll spin you. -No, no, no. -Heads or tails? | 0:09:48 | 0:09:53 | |
185, 190. Go on, let me spin you. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:55 | |
All right, we spin for 180 or 220. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
Oh, no, no. No! | 0:09:58 | 0:09:59 | |
The dealer ups the stakes. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
But our tenacious terrier David never gives up. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:05 | |
-185 for 190. -You know what, I have never been so tired talking to somebody for five euros. -Good! | 0:10:05 | 0:10:11 | |
It means I am doing a very good job! | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
No, very bad. Normally I chuck the people out if they are so hard! | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
A bit of fun, 185 or 190? | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
Antoine! Relieve me, he is tiring me out. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:23 | |
-But I am harder than my father. -Oh, you're not? | 0:10:23 | 0:10:27 | |
-It is our business, we live from that. -You don't want to spin a coin? | 0:10:27 | 0:10:31 | |
-No. -Oh, fine, thank you very much. Winning without spinning. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:33 | |
Success, David bags himself the three candelabras and the bone horse for just under £170. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:40 | |
The devilish one drove the vendor to surrender. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:44 | |
Mark has only two purchases, but he is travelling at speed | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
and before long he has hot-footed his way into another potential deal. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:52 | |
-Combien? -100. | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
100 euros, 90 quid. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
It is a present, he is saying. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:58 | |
Yeah, I know. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
Oh, he has got nice shoes. Look at his shoes, they are nice. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
Yeah, tres jolie. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
So, I have complimented him, we have had a laugh. Le dernier prix? | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
-Moi, proposer... -Vas-y, dit le prix. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
-Ca ira plus vite. -Soixante. -60? | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
Mark suggests a price and bags the bronze boot for just under £55. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:23 | |
Definitely going to put the boot in with this one. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
Fighting talk there from feisty Franksy. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:29 | |
Let's see if he has is as brave when he comes face to face with his opponent. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:34 | |
-Hey, Marky. How you doing? -I'm doing all right, mate, how are you doing? | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
How is your strategy coming together? | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
-Well, it is kind of working. -Really? | 0:11:40 | 0:11:42 | |
Yes, it is. I am buying some cracking things. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
Some of the prices are absolutely off the planet Mars, | 0:11:45 | 0:11:47 | |
but once you get in there, the bargains are there, and I've bought a handful. What about you? | 0:11:47 | 0:11:52 | |
Well, I hadn't taken into account the blistering heat, so my tearing around hasn't really worked. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:58 | |
But I've covered most of the market. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:00 | |
I have not hung around. If there is nothing to catch my eye or the prices aren't right, I move on. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:05 | |
-Are you happy? -I'm ecstatic! | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
You seem it. Come on. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:09 | |
-Continue, you go that way. -Yes, both boys are vying for the advantage | 0:12:09 | 0:12:13 | |
and this heated battle between north and south is well underway. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:16 | |
Time then to see who is the leader of the pack and who is the runt of the litter. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:22 | |
They started the day at St Ouen street market in Paris with £750 worth of euros of their own money. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:29 | |
Mark, our bulldog from Blighty has bagged just three items | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
and has parted with just over £220, leaving almost 530 in his kitty. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:39 | |
David showed his pedigree early and has bagged five items | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
for a total of £350, which means there is still 400 for him to spend. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:48 | |
The contest here in Paris is far from over | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
and our hound dogs are still in hot pursuit of those all-important bargains. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:57 | |
They've got £750 worth of euros to spend, buying up antiques which they must then sell back in Blighty. | 0:12:57 | 0:13:04 | |
They both want to win, but devilish David senses weakness. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:09 | |
You know, after my meeting there with Mark, I'm kind of encouraged | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
because I don't know if you noticed it, but he is hot and flustered | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
and he's bothered, and I think he just wants to go home. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
For me, that is a good sign because this, at the end of the day, | 0:13:19 | 0:13:23 | |
is a competition so if his energy is waning, get in there! | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
Well, David is in high spirits but his confidence might be | 0:13:27 | 0:13:31 | |
slightly misplaced, because Franksy is hard on the scent of a mega-deal for, you guessed it, mirrors. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:38 | |
# Here comes the mirror man... # | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
This is a mirror frame, there is no mirror in it. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:51 | |
You know you can buy glass and get it put in so it is not the end of the world. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
Give me a second and I will see if I can get a few together | 0:13:55 | 0:13:59 | |
and try and have a deal. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:02 | |
Let's face it, there's like, four customers in this place. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:05 | |
He is going to want my money, I'm going to want to buy a few items and try and get some discount. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:10 | |
Mark is sticking to his strategy like glue. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:12 | |
He is trying to buy items that he knows are cheap here in France. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:16 | |
David's strategy was to be driven by price and he has spotted something that he thinks will fit the bill. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:22 | |
They are nice. They're very nice. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:25 | |
-I think he might like these, don't you? -They're lovely, aren't they? | 0:14:25 | 0:14:29 | |
So, enlighten us, David. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
They're very French indeed. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:34 | |
Hand-blown. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
You can tell by the imperfections all over the glass, there's bubbles in there. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
It's not perfect in its shape and in its form, but that actually makes something utterly perfect. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:45 | |
So they're probably early 20th century, | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
maybe a little Art Nouveau, | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
maybe heading into the First World War, maybe 1920. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
But a pair of cracking things. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:57 | |
Now, what you'd always look for on glass, particularly French glass, is signatures. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:02 | |
They make all the difference. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:03 | |
Otherwise you can only attribute or just think they're made by someone. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:07 | |
Excuse me, monsieur, a price on these, please? | 0:15:07 | 0:15:11 | |
HE ANSWERS IN FRENCH | 0:15:11 | 0:15:14 | |
-How much, sorry? -1... -MAN SPEAKS IN FRENCH | 0:15:14 | 0:15:20 | |
-120 euros. -1-2-0... 120 euros? | 0:15:20 | 0:15:23 | |
-Oui. -Bit of a dilemma, really. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
I don't really like paying the first price, of course I don't. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
However, they do seem quite cheap, so just over £100, probably. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:34 | |
With only a limited grasp of French, David enlists the help of a nearby security guard. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:39 | |
Can you just ask him, does he think they're early 20th century? | 0:15:39 | 0:15:43 | |
-1920s, does he think? -19? | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
1920s? | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
How old, how old does he think? | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
HE ASKS IN FRENCH | 0:15:51 | 0:15:57 | |
Cent. One. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
-Allez, cent. -What's he saying? -100. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
OK, that's very interesting because what I've just done, actually, is ask for confirmation as to their age, | 0:16:01 | 0:16:07 | |
because I think they're early 20th century, so I said "Are they 1920s?" | 0:16:07 | 0:16:11 | |
He asked him and he came back and he said they're 100 euros. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:13 | |
So suddenly, by asking one bizarre question, I've got a discount. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
That's absolutely mental. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:18 | |
I'm going to ask something else. Um, what colour trousers is he wearing? | 0:16:18 | 0:16:22 | |
I'll probably get a discount. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:24 | |
So it's 100 euros? OK. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
Well, I'm going to have to have them, aren't I? | 0:16:27 | 0:16:30 | |
Hm, David surprised himself there. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:32 | |
He got a discount on the vases and carries them away for just over £90. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:36 | |
I'm better at this than I thought. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
Mirror man Franksie is looking to make what could be | 0:16:38 | 0:16:41 | |
a game-changing deal for a whopping 10 mirror frames. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:45 | |
500. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:49 | |
50 euros each. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:51 | |
£45 each that works out to. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
Bit of glass, fiver, 50 quid. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
Got to be worth a one-r each, haven't they? | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
So that would give Mr Franks a 100% profit. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
But can he get an even better deal? | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
I propose... | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
I give you 400 euros and I take 10 frames, sans glass. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:12 | |
Cash. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
-Let me show you. -Yes, yes, yes. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:16 | |
-Regardez, regardez, smell. -No problem, no problem. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
-Smells good, smells good. -HE LAUGHS | 0:17:19 | 0:17:21 | |
Right, one, 50...52, 53, 54, look... | 0:17:21 | 0:17:25 | |
Do you want to take it with you? | 0:17:25 | 0:17:27 | |
OK. Carry on. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:28 | |
-Yes, deal? -Yes. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
Whoa, that's a mirror-aculous deal for Mark! | 0:17:30 | 0:17:34 | |
He's bagged 10 mirror frames for just over £360. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:40 | |
10 frame at your selection. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:42 | |
Excellent. You're a gentleman, thank you. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:45 | |
Yes, Mark has mirrors not only for the bathroom but for every bloomin' room in the house. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:53 | |
Beautiful. Look at that. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:55 | |
He now has just over £160 left in his kitty, | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
but he must hold some of his budget back for restoration and mirror glass. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:03 | |
Getting there, aren't we? What a lovely collection of frames. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:08 | |
Bit of work, bit of magic and suddenly, you wait and see. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
We're going to transform these into a big wad of cash. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
Devilish David is lagging behind his Southern rival. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
He's still got over £300 left to spend, but he's sniffed out | 0:18:16 | 0:18:21 | |
a pair of bedside cabinets that he likes the look of. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
These are made from walnut. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
Early 20th century, so 1900-1920. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:31 | |
Absolutely always rocket sellers, they'll fly out the door of any decent antique shop. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:38 | |
Marquetry inlay, so that's that decoration, flowery decoration, but cut in, not painted. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:43 | |
Ormolu handles, so that's a gold patinated bronze. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
And look at that side panel. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:49 | |
That doesn't necessarily have to be so pretty, but it... Oh, he's put the light on. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:54 | |
Thank you. That's much better. I can see all the faults now. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:58 | |
-Monsieur. -Oui? | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
The best trade price. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
-The best, best price. -380. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:08 | |
A trade dealer, antique dealer from England...? | 0:19:08 | 0:19:12 | |
350. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:14 | |
-What about 250? -350. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:16 | |
-What about 250? -No, no, 350. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:20 | |
Really? 290? | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
-350. -I can't, I haven't got enough money. -Ah, je m'excuse. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
David's quest to spend the remainder of his money seems to have stalled. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:30 | |
Mark has stalled as well and is reflecting on his mirror buying bonanza. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:35 | |
I'm really confident with what I've bought | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
so now I'm going to decide what to do for the rest of the day. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:42 | |
Time to contemplate. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:46 | |
-Anyone got a glass of champagne? -Well, Mark won't be moving for a while. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:53 | |
He can't spend any more because his plan is to hang on to his remaining money | 0:19:53 | 0:19:57 | |
for restoring his mirrors back in the UK. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
David is still trying to buy the bedside cabinets. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:03 | |
The dealer has come down in price - 330 euros is within David's budget. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
But true to form, he's trying to push it down even further. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:13 | |
That's very bad, yeah? | 0:20:13 | 0:20:16 | |
But this... | 0:20:16 | 0:20:17 | |
is very good. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
No, no, no. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
Bon, d'accord. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
This is me blowing just about everything. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
Oh, oh, oh! | 0:20:26 | 0:20:29 | |
You are the hardest man, not in France, in the world. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:34 | |
-You are. -It's good. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:35 | |
It is good. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
What are you doing now? | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
Hallelujah! | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
So David bags his final deal, | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
spending just over £280 | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
for a stunning pair of early 20th century | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
walnut bedside cabinets. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:54 | |
Monsieur, you're a star. An absolute star. And that's it. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:57 | |
That's all I've got left. | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
Our gallant dealers have covered a huge area on a scorching hot day in this Paris market. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:04 | |
Time, then, to see who has spent the most. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:08 | |
Mark and David started with euros to the value of £750 of their own money. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:15 | |
Mark bought 13 items, including 10 mirror frames, | 0:21:15 | 0:21:19 | |
and spent just under £590. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
David bagged seven items and spent just over £720. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:26 | |
Our dealers have used their knowledge to buy the items they think will net them the most profit. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:33 | |
Before they go their separate ways, though, | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
they're keen to have a sneaky peek at their opponent's wares. | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
-Nice mirror, bevelled glass. What do you make of that? -Late 19th century, early 20th. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
Spot on. This is nice. Feel that cut glass. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
I really like that. That's obviously a French one. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
-Bit of quality. -In the English taste. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
-Marked up sterling. -OK, yeah. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:54 | |
I must admit, your candlesticks are very nice. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
-You like those? -Yeah. -Good pair. | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
Nice candelabras, early 19th century in style, but a 20th century manufacturer. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:03 | |
Lovely because they convert very easily into a pair of single sticks. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:07 | |
These are very Galle-esque, aren't they? | 0:22:07 | 0:22:09 | |
They are Galle-esque. Sadly they aren't marked Galle, but these are my big hope. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:13 | |
I think I've got a built-in profit in all of my items. I'm feeling quite confident. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:18 | |
Well, here's to turning all this lot into a profit. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
-Cheers, mate. -All the best. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:23 | |
Mark and David make their way back to Blighty to start selling their items. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:26 | |
The aim is to secure as much profit as possible on each piece and donate it to the charity of their choice. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:33 | |
Mark will be selling a lead crystal perfume bottle, | 0:22:33 | 0:22:38 | |
a modern, large bronze boot, | 0:22:38 | 0:22:40 | |
an oval mirror with a bevelled edge | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
and an assortment of 10 mirror frames. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
David will be selling a late 19th century Syrian table... | 0:22:46 | 0:22:51 | |
a 19th century magazine rack... | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
three silver plated candelabras and a bone horse. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:58 | |
A pair of Art Nouveau Legras-style vases... | 0:22:58 | 0:23:02 | |
and a pair of early 20th century walnut bedside tables. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:06 | |
Having bought their items in the antiques Saint-Ouen market in Paris, | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
the challenge now for David and Mark | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
is to sell their purchases for the biggest possible profit. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:18 | |
They'll both be pulling out all the stops to find the right buyers for their items, and they're | 0:23:18 | 0:23:22 | |
working their way through their little black books, putting together deals on the phone and by e-mail. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:28 | |
But until they've shaken on it and money has changed hands, no deal is truly sealed. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:34 | |
With the selling part of today's challenge under way, | 0:23:34 | 0:23:37 | |
Mark is in London heading for an appointment which we all dread. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:42 | |
Teeth perfect. But I'm on the way to the dentist. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:46 | |
Why am I going to the dentist? Because I've had a brainwave, | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
and it involves the mirrors I've bought in France and restoring them. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:56 | |
Well, those frames were a little rough around the edges and certainly had the odd cavity. | 0:23:56 | 0:24:02 | |
But only time will reveal exactly how a dentist can help Franksie in his quest. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:06 | |
David is in his shop in Barnard Castle and hot on the trail of his first sale. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:12 | |
Can I just tell you what I have held in my hand? | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
I've got one of a pair of beautiful Legras-style vases. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:23 | |
You're going to love them when you see them in the flesh. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:26 | |
-Excited. -So, David has got some interest, but will he swing a deal? | 0:24:27 | 0:24:32 | |
And what exactly is Mark doing at the dentist? | 0:24:32 | 0:24:36 | |
I've come up with a brainwave. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
Last time you went to the dentist, did they get one of these trays | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
and fill it with some plastic stuff and shove it in your mouth? | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
And when they took it out, the impression was on it but it was still flexible? | 0:24:44 | 0:24:48 | |
That's this stuff. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:50 | |
It's a special dentistry secret stuff, and I'm buying a couple of these to take with me. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:55 | |
What I'm going to do is I'm going to make a little mould, put it on top of the frames, | 0:24:55 | 0:25:00 | |
hopefully when it sets, peel it off, get some plaster and then replicate | 0:25:00 | 0:25:04 | |
the pattern, restore the frames and then sell them for huge profit. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:09 | |
Wish me luck. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:11 | |
Sounds like a cut-glass plan. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
Mark buys a packet of alginate for £10, which will be deducted from | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
his restoration budget, and starts putting his master plan into effect. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:21 | |
-Only me! -He's tucked up in his friend's garage in the London suburbs. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:26 | |
He's got his mirrors and he's about to carry out his very own restoration. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:31 | |
I've not done this before. This is just a complete Franksie madness guess up. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:36 | |
So I reckon that this section here, if I can get a mould of that | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
and then copy it, I can plonk it in where I need to. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
Mark's masterclass in mirror repair. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:47 | |
Step one, mix the alginate. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
Step two, apply to an existing feature you want to copy. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:54 | |
Get your fingers crossed! | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
Step three, allow the mould to harden | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
-and then gently remove. -Ha-ha! | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
Step four, mix the plaster of Paris. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:04 | |
Step five, push into the mould. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:07 | |
All we can do now is pray. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:09 | |
Step six, pray for divine intervention. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:13 | |
Step seven, remove the mould from the plaster of Paris. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:18 | |
Step eight, trim the cast section to fit the gap. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:23 | |
It's so exciting. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:24 | |
Now, how about that? Look at that. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
Step nine, fix the section and spray. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
I've got to be honest, I'm quite pleased with that. It's really good. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:36 | |
So, really, I've only got like another month's worth of work to do, so I'll see you later. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:41 | |
Looks like our London lad has got some long, dark nights ahead of him at this rate. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:47 | |
Devilish David is on the banks of the River Tees. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
He's hoping to sell his Legras-style vases, which cost him just over £90 in Paris. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:57 | |
Please grab one of those, | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
hold it to the light and tell me that they aren't early 20th century, | 0:27:00 | 0:27:06 | |
French, made by Legras. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
Well, I agree that they're 20th century. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
-Early 20th century. -Yes. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
I can't believe that they're Legras. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:17 | |
Pardon? | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
They don't feel like Legras to me. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:23 | |
I bet devilish Dave isn't about to take that one lying down. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:27 | |
The glass is thin. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:29 | |
Let me just stop you there. The glass is thin. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:32 | |
-It's completely hand-blown. Look at the base. -Yes. | 0:27:32 | 0:27:35 | |
Look at where the pontil mark was, and it's been polished out. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:39 | |
The swirls in the glass. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
First of all, let's just absolutely agree that they aren't fake. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 | |
-They aren't fake, no. -Because there are fakes on the market. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
-Yes, there are. This isn't. -They've got 100 years in age. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
Yes, I agree. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:52 | |
-Getting somewhere at least. -It's like watching a master at work. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:56 | |
David has wrestled back control of the deal, but can he get a good price? | 0:27:56 | 0:28:01 | |
I think in time I could put work into them, attribute them to Legras, | 0:28:01 | 0:28:05 | |
-and I could sell them to a dealer for £500 or £600. -Mm-hm. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:09 | |
If I can't attribute them, I still think they're worth £300. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:13 | |
OK. Well, I want to buy them, David. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
-I knew you would. -But... | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
This is where it gets very difficult. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:19 | |
£300 is too much. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:23 | |
Would you pay 220 for them? | 0:28:23 | 0:28:25 | |
They're very speculative. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:27 | |
I think we need to be looking at... 170. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:32 | |
Yeah. I'll do them for 200. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:35 | |
180. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:40 | |
180, David, David, David... | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
I'll split the difference at 190. An extra £10 could make all the difference. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:46 | |
Let's cut the deal at 180 and both be happy, David. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:50 | |
-Come on. -You're fabulous. Done deal, well done. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
David knows exactly when it's the right moment to accept a deal | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
and makes a cool profit of just under £90 on the vases, | 0:28:56 | 0:29:01 | |
almost doubling his money. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:03 | |
The most important thing, always, is to turn a profit. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
That's exactly what I've done so I'm very happy. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:09 | |
If he makes £200 or £300 in the future, good luck on him. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:13 | |
Devilish David is off to a flying start in this selling contest. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:17 | |
-And with his mirror restoration under way... -Come on! | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
..Mark is out and about in London with his bronze boot which cost him just under £55 in Paris. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:27 | |
# These boots are made for walking And that's just what they'll do | 0:29:27 | 0:29:33 | |
# One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you... # | 0:29:33 | 0:29:38 | |
-I'll give you £50 for it. -It cost me more than that. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:41 | |
I'll take 80 and not a penny less otherwise I'll have to walk away. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:45 | |
Well, yeah, I'm afraid you'll have to walk away. | 0:29:45 | 0:29:47 | |
I mean, I can't even lift the thing up. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
Well, you don't want to because once it's down here... Look, if we put it down there, it's so heavy. | 0:29:49 | 0:29:54 | |
-You've got your umbrellas in there. -Nah. -See, it won't get knocked over. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:59 | |
-I don't know. -It's going to be an asset. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:01 | |
-No, it won't be an asset. -I'll knock a fiver off for luck, 75. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:05 | |
-No, no, no. -Come on, up your bid, come on, give us a chance. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:08 | |
-I think I'm being kind offering £50. -Can't sell at a loss. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:12 | |
I suppose the only thing I can say is I'll have to take it with me and go and see the cobblers. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:17 | |
Yeah, you know I'll always give you £50 for it. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:21 | |
-Yeah, I can't take a loss. -What else can I say? | 0:30:21 | 0:30:24 | |
Really? | 0:30:24 | 0:30:27 | |
I hope you ask for discount on them shoes. Right, I'll be in touch. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
-I'll call you. -All right. Bye, Mark. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
Well, the boot goes back into the van. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:38 | |
I'm absolutely amazed. I thought he was going to buy that, like that. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:44 | |
Quick as you like. If he don't buy it, | 0:30:44 | 0:30:48 | |
someone else will have to. Come on. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:50 | |
A deflated Mark will have to think of a new strategy to get a sale for that boot. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:55 | |
The devilish one is also facing up to the trials and tribulations of dealing. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:59 | |
On the return journey from France, his bone horse was damaged in transit. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:04 | |
It wasn't David's fault, so the Put Your Money gamesmasters have decided, | 0:31:04 | 0:31:08 | |
with his rival's full agreement, to reimburse him for the cost price of the horse. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:13 | |
The bad news, though, is that he's now got one less item from which to make a profit. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:19 | |
Nevertheless, David is soldiering on. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:22 | |
He's heading to Darlington to see a dealer contact of his and he's hoping to sell the small candelabras | 0:31:22 | 0:31:28 | |
which were bought in Paris as part of a job lot. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:31 | |
It's very glamorous, Lynn, just like you. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:34 | |
It's very beautiful, just like you. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:36 | |
Ah, you're flattering me now! | 0:31:36 | 0:31:38 | |
-It works! -You're wanting a lot of money for this, aren't you? -I do. £5,000 if you don't mind. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:43 | |
-No. -No? -No. -I'd need to do quite a lot of flattery, wouldn't I? | 0:31:43 | 0:31:46 | |
-Yes, you would. You would. -What do you think? | 0:31:46 | 0:31:48 | |
I'm going to pass it over to you. | 0:31:48 | 0:31:50 | |
-30. -55. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:52 | |
40. I'll do 40. | 0:31:55 | 0:31:56 | |
45 and we're done. How's that? | 0:31:56 | 0:31:59 | |
-40. -Go on, Lynn. | 0:31:59 | 0:32:01 | |
(Another fiver.) | 0:32:01 | 0:32:03 | |
-Oh, go on then. -Good girl! | 0:32:03 | 0:32:04 | |
Wonderful, thank you. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:07 | |
Sealed with a kiss and smoothie David romps away with £45 from the sale of the smallest candelabra. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:13 | |
He now needs to sell the final items from this group purchase - | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
the larger pair of candelabras for more than £82 in order to make a profit. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:21 | |
Mark has made no sales and is on his way south of the Thames. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:27 | |
Having failed to sell his bronze boot, he really needs to chalk up some profit if he's to have | 0:32:27 | 0:32:32 | |
any chance in this contest. | 0:32:32 | 0:32:34 | |
He's decided to try and get a speedy sale of his ornate oval mirror to an antiques dealer contact of his. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:40 | |
It cost him just under £110. | 0:32:40 | 0:32:43 | |
Hello, Jill. How are you? | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
-Hiya, Mark. How are you? -Not bad, I thought I'd come and see the cutest antique dealer in the world. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:50 | |
I've brought you a beautiful mirror... | 0:32:50 | 0:32:53 | |
-OK. -..that I bought in Paris. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | |
I know you know what you're doing but what I thought could happen is if you trimmed these off, | 0:32:56 | 0:33:02 | |
-took these little bits off, you've still got the rope running through there. -Yep. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:05 | |
You could either do one of your brilliant paint effects or you could get that regilded. | 0:33:05 | 0:33:10 | |
So I think it's probably easily 100 years old and, apparently, | 0:33:10 | 0:33:15 | |
this bevelling is all hand-done and it's not been done by a machine. | 0:33:15 | 0:33:20 | |
It's in generally good condition and I just thought, it's smart, you're smart, | 0:33:20 | 0:33:25 | |
where else could I take it? | 0:33:25 | 0:33:28 | |
-How much, Mark? -1-5-0. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
150, how does that sound? | 0:33:31 | 0:33:33 | |
150's a bit too steep for me, Mark. | 0:33:33 | 0:33:36 | |
To be honest, it's about 110. It's about 110, that's about the top that I could offer you. | 0:33:36 | 0:33:41 | |
You see, when she flutters those eyelids, I'm just in bits here. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:45 | |
I think it owes me 110, I do need to try and make a profit. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:49 | |
What about 130? | 0:33:49 | 0:33:51 | |
It's not a lot of money for a lot of mirror. A lot of mirror. | 0:33:51 | 0:33:54 | |
130's pushing it still, 120. 120. | 0:33:56 | 0:34:01 | |
HE MOUTHS | 0:34:01 | 0:34:03 | |
-Come on. -Don't flutter them eyelids. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:06 | |
-Go on then. -120. -I just can't do anything, can I? | 0:34:06 | 0:34:09 | |
Franksy's off the mark, | 0:34:09 | 0:34:11 | |
securing just over £10 profit for the gilt-framed oval mirror. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:15 | |
Both our experts are working hard to sell their items. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:18 | |
Time now to see who's selling well and who's dragging their feet. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:23 | |
Mark has made a very disappointing start selling just one item for £120 | 0:34:23 | 0:34:29 | |
giving him a small profit of just over £10. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
David is faring far better. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:34 | |
He's made £225 worth of sales and banked a profit of just under £90. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:41 | |
So if Mr Franks is going to win today's confrontation, he's really got his work cut out. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:46 | |
After the disappointing rejection of his bronze boot, earlier, our indomitable London lad | 0:34:46 | 0:34:51 | |
has used his nous and found another potential purchaser. The Boot pub. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:56 | |
The boot cost him just under £55. | 0:34:56 | 0:34:59 | |
I've got the heaviest bronze boot in the world. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:02 | |
I spoke to you on the phone about it. What do you think of that? | 0:35:02 | 0:35:05 | |
-Very impressive, yeah. -Yeah. | 0:35:05 | 0:35:07 | |
I might have a job for it. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:09 | |
All I want is a couple of hundred quid and a pint of Guinness. | 0:35:09 | 0:35:12 | |
Well, perhaps a pint of Guinness but I don't know about the couple of hundred quid. | 0:35:12 | 0:35:16 | |
What's it worth to you? | 0:35:16 | 0:35:17 | |
£50. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:19 | |
Well, that's a very, very low offer. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:22 | |
Very low offer. I've started at 200, you've started at 50. Why don't we meet in the middle, 120? | 0:35:22 | 0:35:27 | |
£70. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:29 | |
-£80 and we've got a deal, I'll shake on it. £80. There's my hand, there's my heart. -I'll... 75. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:34 | |
-76. -75. -All right, you've got a deal. £75, thank you very much. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:39 | |
So Franksy makes just over £20 profit, | 0:35:39 | 0:35:42 | |
booting his challenge into life. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:45 | |
David is also on the hunt for profit. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:48 | |
He bought a Canterbury magazine rack and a Syrian table for just over £180. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:53 | |
He's hoping to sell the table to a long-standing contact. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:57 | |
As I discussed on the phone, it's late-19th century. | 0:35:57 | 0:36:00 | |
It's Syrian, typically Syrian but very good quality. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:04 | |
The detail is quite astonishing when you think of it. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:07 | |
It's a softwood carcass and then it's the marquetry and the inlays | 0:36:07 | 0:36:11 | |
put in in ebony and satin woods or fruit woods and then inlaid with bits of bone and the mother-of-pearl. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:19 | |
-It's stunning, isn't it? -It's stunning. | 0:36:19 | 0:36:21 | |
-I bought it well, and I'll sell it well to you, Gary. -OK. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:25 | |
-140. -Yeah, I'm really comfortable with that. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:29 | |
I'm not going to haggle. I think it's worth that all day long. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:32 | |
Gary, thank you very much. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:34 | |
Yes, that's a great result for David and when he sells the 19th-century magazine rack | 0:36:34 | 0:36:38 | |
to a dealer contact for a further £140, he makes a healthy profit | 0:36:38 | 0:36:42 | |
of just under £100 for the two items. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:47 | |
Mr Franks is in Surrey taking his perfume bottle, which cost just over £57, to a dealer contact. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:53 | |
He's on the scent of profit. | 0:36:53 | 0:36:56 | |
It's a sterling mark here. | 0:36:56 | 0:36:58 | |
Let's have a look at the glass. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:01 | |
Make sure we get no chips. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:03 | |
He's doing it with his hands because they're more sensitive than your eyes. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:06 | |
That's right. And with my eyes, I can't see anything. | 0:37:06 | 0:37:09 | |
Who said that? | 0:37:09 | 0:37:11 | |
So that's what you've got to do. Always use your hands. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:14 | |
The best for me on that's going to be £65. | 0:37:14 | 0:37:16 | |
Oh, that's a very small profit. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:19 | |
-It's a profit. -Can you go a tiny bit more? | 0:37:19 | 0:37:23 | |
-70 and we've got a deal. -Go on then, I can't say no. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:25 | |
-Cheers, mate. Thanks, well done. -That's a fair price. | 0:37:25 | 0:37:28 | |
Yes, and that fair price gives Mark a small profit of just under £13. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:33 | |
He's lagging far behind his rival and he only has his ten mirrors left to sell. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:38 | |
He's been working hard on them and got them all partially restored. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:42 | |
And using the remainder of his budget, he's made a deal to have them reglazed. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:46 | |
Tell you what. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:49 | |
David Harper would like a head of hair like that, wouldn't he? | 0:37:49 | 0:37:52 | |
Have a look at these mirrors, they look fab. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
Need a little bit more restoring, I'm going to give them a lick of paint and then, bosh, | 0:37:55 | 0:38:00 | |
off they go. Look at that. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:02 | |
You can actually see now, they're mirrors. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:05 | |
Transformed. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:07 | |
All we have to do is make a profit. | 0:38:07 | 0:38:09 | |
But one question and one question only - | 0:38:09 | 0:38:12 | |
mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the best antique dealer of them all? | 0:38:12 | 0:38:15 | |
Me or David Harper? | 0:38:15 | 0:38:17 | |
Well, there's confidence. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:19 | |
Franksy heads off to apply the finishing touches to his mirrors. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:23 | |
In the North of England, Mr Harper is in his Barnard Castle shop | 0:38:23 | 0:38:27 | |
and he has some very good news about his pair of candelabras. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:31 | |
Mark and I are getting together shortly | 0:38:31 | 0:38:33 | |
for a final reckoning and I either turn up with goods or I turn up with money. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:38 | |
I've decided to turn up with money so I've sold them to a dealer - one of my contacts - for £180. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:43 | |
Oh, what a result. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:45 | |
That's a profit of just under £100 for the two candelabras. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:49 | |
Remember, the smaller ones sold earlier. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:51 | |
The good news doesn't stop there for David. | 0:38:51 | 0:38:54 | |
He's also found a buyer for the walnut bedside cabinets. | 0:38:54 | 0:38:57 | |
They're gone. Money is coming in, £300 sold. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:02 | |
I don't even know how to work out the money... | 0:39:02 | 0:39:05 | |
currency conversion thing. Basically I haven't done very well. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:08 | |
It's a very poor showing on my behalf. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:10 | |
Oh, Mr High-Standards Harper is disappointed but that poor showing | 0:39:10 | 0:39:15 | |
has still made him a profit of just under £20 and a profit is a profit. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:21 | |
He's all sold up and the pressure is now on his southern rival to make some money from his ten mirrors. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:26 | |
He's restored them all, had them all reglazed | 0:39:26 | 0:39:30 | |
and he's painted them to give them the urban, shabby-chic look that he knows will appeal to London buyers. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:35 | |
Now, Mark's taken them to a mate of his who owns an antique shop in south London. | 0:39:35 | 0:39:40 | |
Mirrors are really good sellers, actually. To be honest, | 0:39:47 | 0:39:50 | |
mirrors are...now pictures. People used to buy pictures, now they buy mirrors. I don't know why. | 0:39:50 | 0:39:55 | |
Let me show you this one. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:57 | |
You've obviously put new glass in them all, haven't you? | 0:39:57 | 0:40:00 | |
They've all had new glass because they didn't have any glass when I bought them. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:03 | |
-This interesting deco look in a French mirror. -Mais oui, mange tout. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:07 | |
Yes, Peckham French from our boy Franksy. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:10 | |
This isn't going very well for our London lad but at least he's making his dealer contact laugh. | 0:40:10 | 0:40:15 | |
Now, can he do a deal? | 0:40:15 | 0:40:17 | |
Actually people quite like the foxed glass now. | 0:40:17 | 0:40:20 | |
Because, as I was saying, they're almost pictures rather than actually mirrors that go on the wall. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:26 | |
I'll tell you what we'll do. | 0:40:26 | 0:40:28 | |
Nice, cheap price, £80 each, boom, there we go. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:30 | |
Hang on, hang on. Ten eights. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:33 | |
800. | 0:40:33 | 0:40:35 | |
-That is too much. -You sell three of them, got your money back, the rest is profit. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:39 | |
Including restoration, the mirrors cost Franksy just over £520. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:44 | |
Selling for 800 would swing the contest in Mark's favour. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:47 | |
We'll find out shortly whether Mark managed to sell his mirrors. | 0:40:47 | 0:40:50 | |
Time now, though, to tot up the totals and reveal who has made the most cash. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:56 | |
OK. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:58 | |
Mark spent just under £590 at the French antiques market | 0:40:58 | 0:41:02 | |
and almost the remainder of his budget restoring the ten mirrors. | 0:41:02 | 0:41:06 | |
David on the other hand parted with just over £720 of his budget. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:10 | |
All the profit that David and Mark make | 0:41:12 | 0:41:14 | |
over a week of challenges will go to a charity of their choice. | 0:41:14 | 0:41:18 | |
So without further ado, it's time to find out who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:24 | |
Aha, bonjour. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
Comment vous un petit bateau? | 0:41:26 | 0:41:28 | |
-I've no idea, but does that mean we have to kiss? -Not a chance in hell. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:32 | |
Mark, the continentals do it, don't be afraid. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:35 | |
I'm very afraid, I'm not kissing you, all right? That's it, it's over. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:38 | |
-But we had good fun in Paris, did we not? -We certainly did. | 0:41:38 | 0:41:41 | |
-So it's all about the profit. -Yes, shall we have a look? | 0:41:41 | 0:41:43 | |
-Shall we go for it? -Ready? -Yeah. Un, deux, trois. | 0:41:43 | 0:41:46 | |
Oh, I've got you, I've got you. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:50 | |
Oh, Mr Harper. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:52 | |
-Mark, it was a good, fun time had in Paris, was it not? -Oui, oui, oui. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:56 | |
-Oui, oui, oui. -Oui, oui, oui. | 0:41:56 | 0:41:58 | |
So it's a victory for David because Mark's mirrors did not perform quite as well as he'd hoped. | 0:41:58 | 0:42:04 | |
610. | 0:42:04 | 0:42:07 | |
Oh, all right. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:09 | |
That deal of £61 a mirror gives Mark a total profit of just under £90 | 0:42:09 | 0:42:15 | |
so, in spite of all his hard work, he's second best. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:18 | |
I've restored those mirrors and they will end up in | 0:42:18 | 0:42:21 | |
somebody's home so I'm quite proud of the work I've done. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:24 | |
I just wish I'd made more money. | 0:42:24 | 0:42:26 | |
That market was absolutely extraordinary and I adored it. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:32 | |
And to beat Mark Franks as well was even better so all in all, great amount of money, great fun had, | 0:42:32 | 0:42:38 | |
wonderful items, take me back there tomorrow. | 0:42:38 | 0:42:42 | |
Well, you can't bank any profits yet, chaps. | 0:42:42 | 0:42:45 | |
There's plenty more challenges to come. | 0:42:45 | 0:42:47 | |
Tomorrow, our duelling dealers will be squaring up at an antiques market. | 0:42:47 | 0:42:53 | |
This is a watertight buy that's got a great profit attached. | 0:42:53 | 0:42:56 | |
I just hope old Franksy is feeling the pressure too. | 0:42:56 | 0:43:00 | |
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