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This is the Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is showdown,

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the greatest challenge our experts have faced yet.

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In just 48 frantic hours,

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our duelling dealers will each have to source, buy and then sell

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an entire stall's worth of antiques testing their knowledge, stamina

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and nerve to the absolute limit.

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Coming up, our experts show you how the hands on approach to dealing can often work wonders...

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Come on, don't be greedy, it's only money.

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Mind you don't fall over when you walk off, cos you're not buying it.

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..How to leave no stone unturned in the hunt for a bargain...

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I love buying boxes of goodies because you never know what's hidden at the bottom.

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..And when doing your deal, only cash up front will do.

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No, you're not paying me in kind, stop it.

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Today, it's the final battle between...

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..and...

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Throughout the week, they've been fighting it out

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to see who can make the most profit from buying and selling antiques.

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Mr Harper's probably terrified.

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But now it's time to find out what our experts are taking on today,

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the most difficult challenge of their dealing careers.

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Early morning delivery, I'll see what this says. "David Harper," that's me.

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"This is your showdown, the challenge is simple." Good.

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"You have today to buy antiques and collectibles from wherever you like.

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"Tomorrow, you must sell your items off a stall at the Malvern Antiques Fair."

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Both our duelling dealers have up to £1,000 of their own money

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to spend, and the winner of this challenge

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will be the one who makes the most profit.

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"You will find suggestions for places where you can buy items together with

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"the details of tomorrow's market in your information pack," shown here.

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Our tussling titans have got just one day to buy up an entire stall's worth of antiques.

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Tomorrow, they'll be selling the whole lot in direct competition,

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to the discerning shoppers at Malvern Antiques market in Worcestershire.

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This popular market is set close to the rolling Malvern Hills

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and attracts up to 1,500 dealers and public a day

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with its mix of traditional antiques and retro items.

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So, how exactly does David propose to tackle this?

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There's an auction in South Doncaster,

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which is about an hour and a half away from me.

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It's now quarter to eight. It's a case of blowing the grand,

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getting myself off to Malvern, seeing Mark Franks, up early in the morning,

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nice early start, sell, sell, sell.

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Gosh, so much to do and absolutely no time at all.

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It's actually quite stressful this.

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I don't mind a bit of stress but this is a bit crazy. The clock is ticking.

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Right. So a bag of polish... Ah!

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My "David Harper Antiques & Vintage" sign,

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that'll do wonders and a bit of fabric for the stall.

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I mean, this is all about selling antiques. It's not an interior design

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flouncy exhibition, this will have to do.

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Selling antiques is what I do.

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Well, who'd have ever thunk it.

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It's not even 8am yet and David's got the pedal to the metal.

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As always, Franksy is a man with a plan.

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I'm going go to Arundel because there's a car boot sale on.

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Should have been there two hours ago really, but I reckon I can still have a little tear up.

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Today's going to be a doddle buying. I'll be at the hotel before Harpo with my feet up.

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I might be sitting round by the pool in my undies.

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I say, watch out Worcester!

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I can see I've got a van and a very good-looking man,

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who doesn't wave back. So, I'll see you later. Let's go.

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So, Franksy's strategy is to drive 60 miles

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in the wrong direction to a boot sale that started over an hour ago?

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From where I am, we've got to travel south to Arundel,

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which is about an hour.

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I've been to Malvern before, it was closed.

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HE CHUCKLES

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Steady on. It sounds like our London lad's got a bit too used to the 24-hour culture of the capital.

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On route to his auction room, Devilish David isn't twiddling his thumbs.

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His dealer's mind is like a steel trap and he's got profit on the brain.

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Right, well according to the SatNav four minutes to the location.

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It's almost half past nine, that will give me just over an hour

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to view and scour the sale room.

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I'm just hoping there's going to be some lovely small items,

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maybe a box of goodies.

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I love buying boxes of goodies because you never know what's hidden at the bottom.

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David arrives at a local sale room in Doncaster

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with just one hour 15 minutes left to view hundreds of lots.

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Devilish puts on his profit-tinted glasses and begins to sweep

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the sale room like a pro for top class stall stock.

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-Hmm, no comment.

-Right, OK.

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First impressions, as you can see it was described as an antiques and general sale but mixed in amongst it,

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which makes me very excited, are some lovely choice antique pieces.

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Get to it, Devilish, the auction starts in 45 minutes.

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And as David locks eyes with future antique buys,

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Mark is looking at nothing more interesting than the A23.

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OK, it is nearly ten o'clock in the morning.

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We're still on route, the traffic's bad, the weather's bad.

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Back at the Doncaster sale room, David's determination to leave

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no profit possibility unturned has come up trumps.

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This is a real antique, George III, maybe early Regency, 1820,

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possibly 1830, sarcophagus shape in mahogany. It's a tea caddy.

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Price-wise, it doesn't want to be more than £10, £15. Be nice for that.

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OK, ladies and gentlemen, here we go.

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It's time to get weaving.

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Canny dealer as he is, David knows his stall will need serious

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antique kerb appeal and here they are - woof, woof!

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I'm going to have a go at the pair of mid-1940s, '50s toy dogs.

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There's no estimates for this sale today, so the auctioneer cuts straight to the chase.

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Ten bid. £10. Any more? Done, finished at ten. And it's number 41.

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It's nice to get a start.

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Including commission, that's just under £12.

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Now, let's have a look how Mark is getting on.

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Oh, dear, maybe not.

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I don't know how many times I come to an auction

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I get that nervous feeling. I feel it in my toes to the top of my head.

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It's a tingling sensation and I love it.

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David is keen to get his mitts on this mirror.

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All done, it's cheap this.

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I can't believe it. He should have put the hammer down there.

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Good man. Thank you very much. That was a very, very cheap find.

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With fees, the toilet mirror has cost just over £23.50 of his budget

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and the auctioneer has managed to tweak every penny out of him.

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£15 bid. Any more? I'll take half if it'll help you.

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He's very good. He's gone five, ten, 15, 20 and before you know it,

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you're paying £20.

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You better watch that wallet then, Devilish.

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In West Sussex, one boot sale doesn't know what's about to hit it.

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Its Franksy, the man of a thousand deals has arrived at the boot. He's ready, he's willing.

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I'm going to start buying. Are you coming?

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And he's most certainly able, if only he wasn't four hours late.

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It's 11 o'clock, here we are, Arundel car boot sale, rain has stopped play.

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There's still a few dealers here. I'm going to have a mooch around.

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I've got a bag of sand, a grand to spend.

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Do you know what? Will that fit in the van?

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-Yes.

-What else have you got? Anything that's nice?

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-I had 19 of these this morning.

-I tell you what, Marcus, I'll make you

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a one off offer, because I am here to buy, I'll offer you £300.

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-Yes or no?

-That's my lucky number.

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-Thank you very much.

-That's eight porcelain ladies and a velvet sofa to boot.

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He also snaps up a bargain basement mixed box of goodies.

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Pictures, this little gem and the box.

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-£140 then.

-Done.

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And two Victorian conch shell figurines are his for a little light flirting.

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What do you want on them?

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-25. Victorian.

-Go on then, only because I fancy you.

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I tell you what, give us a price on the boat, the clouded glass and the three decanters.

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-£180.

-Cor blimey.

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What do I do? Do I carry on looking down there at them stalls,

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or do I spend the money

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on the modern boat, a bit of glass that won't clean up,

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and three nice decanters, which are all the money?

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What would you do? I'll see you after the break.

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Now, that's a cliff-hanger.

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In Doncaster, David's sticking to his minimal outlay strategy like a limpet.

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I've snapped up something that's really cheap.

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They're not great but a pair of wine racks for a couple of quid, I mean,

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they're as daft as brushes.

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Well, that's a whole two pound coins plus 35p commission.

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How can our Devilish Dave fail to make a profit at that price?

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Making up for lost time, Mark's already snapped up 19 items from the boot.

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Now, he's brokering a booty deal for these three antiques and fancies his chances of a good price.

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Would you not rather have a bulging pocket than breakable stock with a broken mast?

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-Go on then, £135.

-OK, you've got a deal.

-It's only money, honey.

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-You're a hard man.

-I know.

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He's spending money like Viv Nicholson after a pools win.

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David, you need to up your game pronto.

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In the sale room, David's spotted a nice little earner in several lots of Royal Crown Derby porcelain.

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Local buyers have already snapped up the first two lots.

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There are five of them.

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Third time lucky, David?

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£25.

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Too expensive.

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£25.

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Oh, my gosh.

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Disaster! David took on the local boys and lost.

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The Imari is out of his life and off his stall.

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I'm getting worried now because I've only spent about £30.

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And as David bombs up in Doncaster, Mark's boot-buying strategy is going stratospheric.

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He pounced on this basket weave chair for a scant £1.75,

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and now he's heading over to cause havoc with some of the only traders on the block.

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How about we do this, right? Two benches and these two,

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you can carve it up however you like and I'll give £80.

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We won't be carving it up too much, will we?

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Our boy from the boot stuff is trying to beat these dyed in the wool

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dealers at their own game, but they're not having it.

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Let's walk round because I fancy you might have missed something,

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then we'll lump it all together and see if I can come out the right end.

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Mark isn't standing on ceremony.

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Good dealers know the best stuff isn't always on display.

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He's trashing this van.

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Buy something, for goodness sake!

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I tell you what I'll do. I'll go £35 on them two there.

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-On the sinks?

-No, one sink and a picture.

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£40.

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Deal done.

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With Devilish giving it some serious welly at the auction room and Franksy putting the boot in

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at the, well, the boot, it's time to see how the cookie is crumbling

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so far in this mega dealer face off.

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Our duelling duo started the day with up to £1,000 of their own money to spend.

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Franksy made a slow start but picked up speed, spending

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just over £641 on 22 items, leaving him just under £360 to spend.

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Devilish David made slow but steady progress,

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spending just under £40, including auction fees,

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meaning he's got way over £900 still in his kitty.

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Our clashing colossi have got just 48 hours to each source, buy

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and then sell an entire stall's worth of collectibles

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at a posh Malvern antiques fair.

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Our London son is on a roll now.

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Not content with nailing one poor dealer to the floor at this boot sale,

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he's now offering his mate a deal he can refuse.

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I know you don't want to, I'm not being horrible but I've decided

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I don't like the black bench, but I'll give you a score for the green one, how's that sound?

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Do you want to load that on, or do you want to spend that down the boozer?

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-What shall we do, Tone?

-All right.

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-Give us your money.

-Deal. Lovely. Thank you very much.

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It's actually lovely. Look at the legs.

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Look at the shape of that.

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With room in his van already limited,

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Franksy's pulling ahead of David in this buying bonanza.

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Devilish needs to crack out the cash pronto.

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There we go. It's a paper roller, ladies and gents.

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-£16.

-Some kind of paper roller.

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I don't know if I've ever seen a paper roller before.

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It's a novelty quirky item.

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Has David won the booby prize?

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Let's hope the Malvern buyers won't think so.

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For this, an outlay of just under £19.

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Like Franksy, our Devilish dude snaps up an antique bench

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for just under £19 including fees.

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That's good, but what David needs is some classic antiquary.

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-That'll do nicely.

-At £160.

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Number 41.

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Wow. OK, crinoline stretcher, 19th century, cracking thing, but £160.

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You know what I thought I'd pay for that today, £50, £60.

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Not exactly cheap as chips.

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This tasty chair is David's for the princely sum of £188.20

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with commission added in.

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Over 200 miles away, Franksy has gathered together a gang of the usual boot sale suspects.

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Piano stool, shelves,

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and the map.

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Are we going to mess about for an hour or two or just straight... No bids, Mark, please.

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There's no stallholders, there's no-one else play with. I might as well stay and play with you.

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50 quid, I can't be bid on it.

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£40, deal?

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Thank you very much.

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Don't bother rushing back, Mark.

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That's it, Tone.

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Franksy's left this trader in need of medical attention.

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Feel like I got to go and see a doctor.

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David is also finding that in the world of dealing,

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everyone wants a piece of your cash.

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That's more like it. I'm only happy when I'm spending money.

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He bags this picturesque painting for just over £29 including fees.

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I better keep a tight record here. I don't want to be over spending.

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Now he's got his beady mince pies on this timepiece. Let's see how he does.

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All out done, £45.

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OK. I've just bought an Edwardian circa 1910 hanging wall clock.

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I didn't really have a close look at but it just looks quite cheap.

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David gives beavers a run for their money in his eagerness to rid himself of the folding stuff.

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That lovely sarcophagus-shaped tea caddy. Here we go. I'm going to bid on this one.

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At £40 only bid.

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I think I've paid a bit too much money for that thing.

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All done at 5-0, number 41.

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-Banjo barometer, 20.

-There we go.

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All done at £55.

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Let's hope it works.

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All done.

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I've seen a bunch of pictures for three quid.

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This is a toast rack, a Lurpak butter toast rack.

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All done, finished at £1. Number 41.

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I love that. It's my favourite lot actually.

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Oh, there's no flies on Devilish today.

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He picks up five lots, not exactly for nothing but just over £175 including fees.

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Well, that's my auction buying over for today, anyway,

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and it is just five past one,

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which leaves me just under five hours to spend the rest of the money.

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The only thing is this is not my neck of the woods, I don't know where the friendly antique dealers are.

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So, wagons roll. The fabulous Harper antiques show is on the road towards Profits Ville.

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There's a centre nearby, about 30 minutes away, called Earls Carr Antiques Centre.

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I've been there before and it's a cracking buying environment.

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By the time I get there, I'm going to have another

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two hours or so, at least, to hopefully find something else.

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So, onwards and upwards.

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Now, down in Arundel, Mark's got an offer on the table

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for three chairs and this carved wooden settle.

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If only the seller shared his enthusiasm to close the deal.

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I thought you wanted to sell, I didn't know you wanted to take it home.

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I don't mind selling it but I really don't want to give it away, man.

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25 or I'm walking. Come one, don't be greedy, it's only money.

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Don't fall over when you walk off then, son,

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because you're not buying it.

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Come on, Mark, be sensible, son.

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Oh, this is like watching Clint Eastwood face down John Wayne.

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25 or 40, call.

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Tails.

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Tails it is.

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OK, I tossed a coin, Tony won, and to be fair,

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he's been very kind to me so he did deserve to win that one.

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Thanks very much, Mark.

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I do hope that's £40 that brings you a bit of luck.

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-Good luck, son.

-Thanks a lot, mate.

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And I better give you your 50p back before I get in trouble.

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That's me, I'm done and dusted. The last item of the day.

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Let's load it up and get out of here.

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Finally! It might have felt like pulling teeth to those traders,

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but Franksy's boot sale buying spree has come up trumps.

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If anyone can clear a stall in one day, it's Mark Franks.

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I've got something for everyone at this antiques fair.

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It doesn't matter if you're buying bits of china, bits of glass,

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we've got statues, we've got everything you could possibly want.

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He's got piles of stock for his stall tomorrow and it's time to ship out.

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I'm done and dusted, the van's full up, I'm on the way to Malvern,

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I'm done, easy-peasy. How you getting on, Mr Harper?

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Malvern, driver, and don't spare the horses.

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Well, Franksy might have shut up shop already but for David the buying day is still young.

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MOBILE RINGS Mark Franks,

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checking up on me.

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Hello, David Harper.

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I'm done, I've spent up, finished.

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-You haven't?

-'Yes.'

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-Seriously?

-I swear.

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Well, listen, well done, you.

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I'm genuinely very pleased for you.

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Just remember, we've got one day to sell all this stuff in.

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You know what, Mark? That is what is scaring the pants off me.

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Let's just hope it doesn't scare the pants off you, keep your pants on.

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I'll try and keep my pants on, Mark.

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OK, mate, I'll see you later. Good luck.

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Cheers. Bye-bye. Bye.

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Well, he's on fire, isn't he?

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I'm going back to my mate Robbie.

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He only wants to feel real love, a bit like me.

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# ..I just want to feel real love

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# Feel the home that I live in... #

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With rival Mark relaxing with his feet up,

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David's feeling the pressure to buy, buy, buy and, he's bought.

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Well, I'm very pleased to announce that I am the proud owner of this

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drop-dead gorgeous Art Deco mirror.

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Now, this thing in a good antiques sale, an interior design sale,

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could easily touch £100 and I've just bagged it at a trade sale,

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what a place, for £20.

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This baby is coming in the van with me.

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Well, I've got to say that is it for my buying trip today.

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I could have spent more money in there, but I'd need much more time and time really is pushing on.

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So, this is it, the final item, it's in the van and off to see Franksy. What a delight.

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Oh, like a shark scenting blood, David can see profit on the horizon.

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Franksy, you're going to need a bigger boat.

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# ..I just want to feel real love... #

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So, it's down tools time and our two duelling dealers

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hot foot it to their rendezvous.

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David and Mark both started out the day with up to £1,000 of their own money to spend.

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Mark has spent big, laying out just under £780 on 36 items of stock,

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plus stall decoration.

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David, on the other hand, has bagged 16 items, less than half

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the antiques of his rival, and spent just under £600, including fees.

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In Malvern, Franksy has arrived at the hotel to find it a David-free zone.

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I've been here nearly two hours.

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Here he is.

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David, I've bought you a pint.

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-No, I bought you a pint.

-I'm pleased, I'm pleased.

-It is your round.

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-Well, deserved drink, how you doing?

-Good to see you.

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Very good, I've had a long hard, horrible day. Tough day, how about you?

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Have you got any money left?

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Yes, I've got money left, disappointingly.

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-What about you?

-I've got no money left, but I've got an empty glass.

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Come on, I'll get you a drink.

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I just feel relieved to have goods that can be sold and I'm in my bedroom ready to order some food

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and get an early night, because my strategy for selling starts now

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and that is food, bed, early up, get to the fair, get the goods out,

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get my polishes out and get everything prepared

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because prior preparation for selling is everything.

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Plan of action. Strategy.

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Very simple. Any profits, take them quick as you like, don't mess around.

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I've seen what David's bought.

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I'm not worried at all. I've had this one.

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Easy-peasy, in the bag. All I've got to do is sell the stuff.

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But, mind you, selling is a lot harder than buying.

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Coming up, Mark shows how a little romance never hurt a sale.

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Oh. I'm off, see you, David!

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And David puts his shoulder to the selling wheel.

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Working hard, working hard.

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But that's what you've got to do, you don't earn money without work, you've got to graft it.

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It's first thing in the morning in Worcester, where the Malvern Antiques Market

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is gearing up for a busy day's trading.

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Dealers are setting up shop ready for the influx of potential buyers,

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a mix of day trippers, trade and private collectors.

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Over the next eight hours, our duelling duo face their biggest challenge yet.

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They must attempt to sell everything they bought yesterday.

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Mr. Harper.

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I'm desperate to get going.

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-Are you ready?

-You should dress your stall up first.

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Get your cloth out, I'll get my cloth. Go.

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Franksy and Devilish David have stalls side by side.

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They will have to pull out all the stops to ensure buyers come to their stall first.

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Which might explain this.

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Franksy's using expanding insulation foam in an entirely novel way.

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It's like an explosion in a paint factory. It looks like Devilish is equally baffled.

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Is that one of your antiques?

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Well, it's certainly eye catching but whether Franksy's rainbow stall decor converts into profit

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remains to be seen.

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The demon seller has opted for a more low key approach to bring in his customers.

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Which stall is decked out for victory and which will prove a damp squib?

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Gentlemen, reveal your stalls.

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Roll up, people of Worcester your dealers await you.

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It's a fantastic thing. Utterly fantastic.

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I mean normally I'd want £90 for it honestly, £43.

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Have it £40, good man, you've got a bargain there, well done.

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Yes, a whopping 100% profit of £20 for David's first sale

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and before Mark can turn around he's at it again.

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Now, yes, that's a limited edition signed print.

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£38, that's a good price.

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£42 and we're done.

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-Got to be £40.

-Do it, good man.

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Thanks very much.

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-You've got a cracking buy there. Well, done you.

-Well, done Devilish.

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Over £10 of pure profit.

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So, I made £10 and a bit, £10 pure profit

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and an extra sold sign which will bring the blighters onto my stall.

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Like the Linford Christie of collectibles, David starts his race on the B of the bargain.

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Ah, what's this? A return volley from Franksy's court?

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Why don't I do you two for £15?

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-Oh, go on.

-Go on then. There you are, darling.

-I don't suppose you have any boxes.

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I've got boxes, bubble wrap...

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That's £12.50 profit for the ceramic ladies.

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-Can I leave with you?

-I'm here all day, it will be in this vehicle.

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OK, shouldn't be that long.

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-Thank you, sir.

-And Franksy's seafaring centrepiece bags him £10 profit.

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Our demon dealer doesn't even blink at Mark's accomplished display of selling.

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How can he? He's got his eyes on a customer of his own.

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David snapped this up for under £20 at auction

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but can he squeeze a comfortable profit margin out of this lady?

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And that is £49.

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You can do better than that.

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I couldn't do a great deal better but I'll try.

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Ooh, she's no pushover.

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Do me £42.

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-Go on.

-Go on, wonderful. Do I get a kiss as well?

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Thank you very much indeed. Brilliant, well done you.

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Come back and we'll give you a hand with it.

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And delivery service thrown in too.

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That's another double bubble profit for Devilish.

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But, does our London lad look intimidated? Does he heck as like.

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He's just sold his lamp...

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It's only money.

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I'm not long for this world, I won't be taking it with me. Thank you, sir.

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..and his shelves for £10 profit.

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Happy days.

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I tell you what, I'll take £40.

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That's just me getting my money back.

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Oh, look, he's trying to act all casual.

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What do you think of my stall, it's nice isn't it?

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And bingo, the "doesn't give two hoots" approach worked a treat.

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-I'll have that.

-I thought you would.

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He's a man who knows what he's looking at.

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-What have you sold, Mark? What was that?

-The shelves.

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-Shelves, how much?

-£25.

-Yeah, what did you pay for those?

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-About £15, I think.

-OK.

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Oh, hark at sticky beak here.

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How much profit have you made so far?

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-I don't know.

-Go on, keep me informed.

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I don't know exactly, a little bit.

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He's fishing for information like a man trying to land Moby Dick.

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You are killing my secret weapon of the aroma of wax,

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all I can smell is like going into a car paint shop.

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It's positively revolting, do you realise what you're doing to the antiques trade?

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Livening it up a little bit.

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A neon bright stall is an interesting selling strategy from Franksy.

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Maybe a free pair of sunglasses for every buyer.

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I honestly think that if you look up and down this market,

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it is a mass of boring shades of brown.

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This, people standing and staring. It's making them focus and concentrate on my stall

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and in so doing, they look at the stock.

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I actually don't think it's the stock they're staring at.

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No matter, if the tills are ringing the paint job's working.

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I'll meet you in the middle at £15, but I don't do a penny less.

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Thank you, sir, isn't it lovely?

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Ker-ching. David has got his pot of polish in his hot little hand and he's not sparing the elbow grease.

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Part of my top tip for selling strategy is always to remain on the stall,

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be around and talk to every single human being that comes within a few feet radius of you.

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Mark Franks, where is he? He's missing punters all the time.

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He's somewhere else drinking coffee, eating bacon butties,

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gassing away to other people and he's missing potential sales. Suits me.

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Well, don't laugh too loud, David, Franksy's sold double the items you have.

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Oh, look who's back.

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I am the cheapest stall by far.

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I've just sold a bench, three chairs and a hanging chair for £50. I must be mad.

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But, to be fair, I'm selling and that's the name of the game.

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Mark and David have been fighting it out now for four hours.

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Working hard, working hard, but that's what you've got to do,

0:29:350:29:38

you don't earn money without work, you've got to graft it.

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David is taking a selling back seat so far, with only three sales to his name.

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Mark, however, is happy to grab all the limelight with his cheeky, chirpy chappiness.

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Right, let me ask the boss.

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Can you do that for £25? No! No, he didn't want to know.

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Shall we dance?

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See you, David! I think I've pulled!

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Go on, buy it and I'll dance with you again.

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A bit of bubble wrap.

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You're going to spend all evening popping this, aren't you?

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And his gift of the gab is getting results.

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Any chance of coming over for a roast dinner tonight? £25, come on, I've made you laugh.

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There's a £10 deposit.

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What's this, £10 deposit?

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The silver tongued charmer has made over £30 profit with his motor mouth skills.

0:30:350:30:41

Devilish needs to get his selling skates on

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if he wants to take on the mighty man of many words.

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Oh, lovely, lovely stuff.

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In nearly two hours, he's just sold one contemporary wine rack for just under £7 profit.

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This is my old mate, Brad the antique dealer.

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David's amongst his own, but can he talk their language?

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£50.

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-Can't give you £50.

-How much will you give me?

-£45.

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Give it to me. You're an absolute star.

0:31:100:31:12

-Fluently.

-This is why I love antique dealers because when they know a good deal, they just buy it.

0:31:120:31:18

-They buy them.

-They buy.

-And he makes nearly 300% profit on this 50s novelty toast rack.

0:31:180:31:24

Every pound counts.

0:31:240:31:26

-Have you got change for £50?

-Not bad for an outlay of just over a £1.

0:31:260:31:30

You've got to make your own toast.

0:31:300:31:32

It's around noon in our market today, so it's time to find out which dealer's

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buttering up the buyers nicely, and which dealer is subsisting on crumbs.

0:31:380:31:44

Franksy has taken £285 so far

0:31:450:31:48

and needs to make just over £490 to break even.

0:31:480:31:54

The Put Your Money games master is refunding just under £19 as

0:31:540:31:58

one of his figurines is broken in transit through no fault of his own.

0:31:580:32:02

David is slightly behind, selling £179 of items

0:32:020:32:06

and must make just over £420 to break even.

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In the biggest challenge of their dealing lives,

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Mark and David have just 48 hours to buy and sell an entire stall worth of antiques.

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Mark is marginally ahead in this fantastic face off

0:32:210:32:24

but time will tell which of our boys will be the better dealer.

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Mark has managed to move another of his ceramic lovelies at a slight loss, but he seems happy enough.

0:32:290:32:36

Another one of the ladies has gone, that leaves me three.

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So, slowly, slowly...

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Wasp, I'm catching monkeys.

0:32:420:32:45

-David's got some interest in the star of his show.

-£220.

-£210.

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-You're killing me.

-£210.

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£215.

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£210.

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You're a dealer and I love you, well done.

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I can't believe what a rubbish profit, but it's been a delight meeting you.

0:32:590:33:02

It's more profit for dealing Dave's cash tin.

0:33:020:33:06

Wonderful, I've never been so excited about making under £20 in my whole life

0:33:060:33:12

but a relief, a real relief.

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Still high from his last sale, he's asking Lady Luck to help him land another.

0:33:150:33:19

Go on, then. Do I call or do you call?

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-You call.

-£55 or £60.

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-Yeah.

-OK, happy.

0:33:250:33:27

-Yeah.

-Let's go for it. You call.

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-Heads.

-And it looks like she's heard his plea.

-£60.

0:33:290:33:32

-Yeah.

-Good man. Thank you very much.

0:33:320:33:35

Wunderbar! And you can have your 10p back, it's an unlucky one.

0:33:350:33:39

That beautiful tea caddy has gone.

0:33:390:33:41

Wonderful.

0:33:410:33:42

Oh, he's not here. Oh, Mark, what a shame, you've had punters.

0:33:440:33:48

I've been selling, you're not here, where are you.

0:33:480:33:51

Mark's back in business and like any good dealer, he's spinning a negative as a positive.

0:33:520:33:57

It's about turn of the century, about 100 years old, and if you look at the top

0:33:570:34:01

I haven't even cleaned it.

0:34:010:34:04

It might need a bit of a dust, but the £25 in Mark's back pocket is clean enough.

0:34:040:34:10

£25, go on take it away, give us your money.

0:34:100:34:13

What a terrible man you are.

0:34:130:34:14

You've had a bargain there, you know that, don't you?

0:34:140:34:17

You've got the fattest wallet of anyone here.

0:34:170:34:19

Well, I was right about one thing.

0:34:230:34:26

Big lumps of furniture don't sell too well on a Sunday with Joe public everywhere.

0:34:260:34:33

But a dealer's just come up to me and offered me £60 for this bench.

0:34:330:34:36

I bought it in a parcel. I reckoned it about £100 in the parcel so, I've actually took a loss.

0:34:360:34:42

But it takes a brave man to take a loss, but it's gone, it's sold.

0:34:420:34:47

Cash is in my pocket so, let's carry on selling.

0:34:470:34:51

Not good news, but the sale of these three framed military photographs cheer Mark up a little.

0:34:550:35:01

£45, that's £15 each.

0:35:010:35:04

-That's for nothing and I've turned down £20s today.

-£45 is all right.

0:35:040:35:08

Deal. Good stuff.

0:35:080:35:10

Thank you very much.

0:35:100:35:12

We're now a solid six hours into the sale and the market is experiencing something of a post lunch slump.

0:35:120:35:19

So, where are you then? How much have you got?

0:35:230:35:26

£410, I think.

0:35:260:35:28

£410, I've got about £445, I can't believe it, it's very close.

0:35:280:35:33

Five past two, just under two hours to go.

0:35:330:35:36

What have you got, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, £7.5, £8 something.

0:35:360:35:43

OK this David's checked this buyers got available funds now what can he sell him.

0:35:430:35:48

How about vintage retro magazine rack.

0:35:480:35:52

Whatever you've got there you can have that for, what do you say?

0:35:520:35:55

Are you on for it?

0:35:550:35:57

-I'll give you a fiver for it.

-OK, for goodness sake, give me a fiver.

0:35:570:36:01

So, things are going all bargain basement for our dealing duo.

0:36:040:36:08

So, everything absolutely rock bottom. It's all got to go.

0:36:080:36:11

Devilish is busy weaving a deal for his novelty item.

0:36:110:36:15

I'd never seen one like it in my life and I genuinely didn't know what it was but it's a paper roller.

0:36:150:36:22

-But you could use it for tin foil in the kitchen.

-If you say so, David.

0:36:220:36:27

He might not have a clue about what he's selling, but he can tell one end of a tenner from another.

0:36:270:36:31

£30 it's a chancy thing.

0:36:310:36:33

Solid, oak handle.

0:36:330:36:35

£30, go on.

0:36:350:36:37

Good man. Thank you very much.

0:36:370:36:39

Looks like Franksy has regained his previous selling form.

0:36:390:36:44

He's literally pounced on a passer-by and bagged himself £5 profit.

0:36:440:36:48

I saw a bloke walking through here, he had a silver topped decanter I said, "Do you want to buy these,

0:36:480:36:53

"£100, no, £90 no, give me £60." He shook hands at £70.

0:36:530:36:57

And I'm watching David take losses so I think I need to catch up a bit.

0:36:570:37:02

You can say that again, Devilish Dave is losing money all over the shop.

0:37:040:37:09

Nearly £10 loss on the sale of his barometer.

0:37:090:37:11

£35 lovely. Thank you very much. I've made another loss!

0:37:110:37:15

Over £7 loss on the wooden calendar.

0:37:150:37:17

There we go, I'm selling for less than cost yet again.

0:37:170:37:21

I am going to do anything to off load this gear.

0:37:210:37:24

So, I'm going to keep on going.

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And nearly £14 loss on his tray.

0:37:260:37:30

-What's the bid?

-£45.

-£45. I've lost money but you can have it. Well, done, thank you very much.

0:37:300:37:35

I wonder if I'll be able to pay the mortgage, don't think so.

0:37:350:37:39

Oh, dear.

0:37:390:37:42

we're on the home straight at today's sale and either dealer could take today's prize.

0:37:420:37:47

Mark is getting busy selling his porcelain ladies.

0:37:470:37:51

Can I have a sweet? what have we got

0:37:510:37:54

He gets £10 for this silver swathed figure.

0:37:540:37:57

Right, thank you, ladies.

0:37:570:37:59

And a free toffee.

0:37:590:38:00

£20 for the pair of Victorian conch figures.

0:38:000:38:04

All right here we go, £20 the lot, yes, or no?

0:38:040:38:07

-Yes.

-Of course you will.

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And a further two figurines go for £25.

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Devilish still has his two pet pooches on his stall, but not for long.

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-I want to buy the dog. How much can you give me? £10.

-£10, can you make it £12?

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No, I have only £10.

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Give me the £10, thank you very much, and give me a kiss.

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-Say bye to the other dog.

-They've been together for 50 years.

-Bye.

-Bye, bye.

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Well, he's broken even on that doggie deal.

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Almost got my money back on one, just need to sell the other.

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And now he's looking to shift the other.

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What kind of things are you looking for? Dog here a tenner.

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-Go on.

-Good man. Shake my hand.

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Thank you very much.

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Yes, David's the best in show.

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Right, so that's now the two dogs done, £20.

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That's actually a very good profit because I paid £10 for the two plus the commission,

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so in percentage terms it's a great return.

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The sale is in its dying embers.

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Mark's got a few items left to shift and David has just three items left.

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Can he clear his stall?

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Mark makes a last minute selling attempt.

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Definitely British there.

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-Fiver the pair.

-Deal.

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I'll leave that there and go and get you a fiver.

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You can take them with you, go on, I'll trust you.

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Bingo, he's moved those pair of framed photos and this candy stripe vintage deck chair.

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Little bits left, gone another fiver.

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Just before the final whistle blows, a fellow dealer wanders over.

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I've got three things left and I can guarantee you'll make a profit on them.

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David's moving in for the kill.

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£8 for the two pictures.

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-And then the kitchen scales.

-Some people are on the pitch.

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If I take the lot, how much.

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They think it's all over.

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-£17.

-£15.

-Go on then, give us a kiss.

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-It is now!

-Another trade sale.

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Yes, I love dealers.

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£15, I am out, sold out.

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No more goods, thank you very much. Yes!

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Franksy, eat your heart out.

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Hard work, don't want to do it again.

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Hat off to David, and may the best man win.

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Both Mark Franks and David Harper were allowed to spend up to £1,000

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of their own money on the ultimate showdown.

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Mark spent just over £750 on 36 items

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plus just over £26 dressing his stall.

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David, on the other hand, spent just under £600 including auction fees.

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Both our experts have worked their socks off in today's buying and selling challenge,

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with any profits made going to their chosen good causes.

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It's now time for us to reveal just how well Mark and David have done.

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I can't believe it, this is the last time Mark Franks.

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I thought it was mission impossible.

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I don't know that they understood what I'd bought, really, they all seemed a little bit confused.

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It wasn't the stall, Mark, was it?

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I heard plenty of comments, none of which were complimentary.

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Mine were all positive. Shall we see how we've done? Three, two, one.

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What about that, you made a profit, I made a small loss.

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A little profit and a little loss.

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So, it's victory for David Harper today but our experts have been battling against each other

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to make the most profit over a week of challenges.

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So, let's find out who is this week's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.

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Three, two, one.

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Not bad at all, a bit better than me.

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Well, I got you Mark, however it has been a very enjoyable journey and experience.

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A lot of hard work, well done, congratulations.

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-Good fun.

-And as you've raised so much money you can get your hand in your own pocket,

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for the first time ever, and buy me a drink.

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Drinks are on me.

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So, it's an overall victory for Devilish David.

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Despite Mark making a loss today both our experts have made good profits

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and every penny they've made will go to their chosen charities.

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Just over £1,500 will be going to the Great North Air Ambulance who do an amazing job

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of getting critically injured people to hospital in a very short space of time.

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I want my money to go to the Scout Association.

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The Scouts, in my opinion, give very good moral standings and experiences to the youth of today.

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Well, after a week of no holds barred combat,

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both our experts have put their money where their mouths are

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and have proved they can make a profit from antiques where their own money is on the line.

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