James Lewis v John Cameron - Auction Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts

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

and gives you the inside view on the secrets of the trade.

Coming up, our dealers give you the lowdown on supply and demand...

There are a couple of companies now that have set up buying discontinued pottery such as these.

..James reveals an important tool for detecting the real deal...

-DEVICE BLEEPS

-That's the noise it makes if it's a diamond.

..and how saleroom pressure can make a dealer dizzy.

NR. What's NR?

-No reserve.

-No reserve!

Today's extravaganza pitches two renowned auctioneers against each other,

as Put Your Money veterans John "The Hammer" Cameron

and James "The Lionheart" Lewis

go head to head in a battle to see who can make the most profit from buying and selling antiques.

As my grandfather said, it's cheap enough to throw at the cat to make the baby laugh.

The stakes in this competition couldn't be higher. It's the Pride of Portsmouth...

Don't suppose you've got a loop I can borrow, have you?

Fantastic. What a gentleman.

..versus the Demon Dealer from Derbyshire...

That is worth much more than £20.

..risking their reputations and their own hard-earned cash in a battle

that will test their knowledge and their contact books to the absolute limit.

Our two masters of the gavel have got up to £1,000 of their own money to spend,

and over a week of challenges their mission is to make the most profit,

all of which will be going to their chosen charities.

Come on, let's get on with it.

Today's battleground is Waterman's auction house in Kent.

It's a general sale, so there'll be a whole mix of items

and the bona fide antiques will be at a premium,

so our experts will need to think laterally about which pieces

they go for in order to turn the biggest profits.

In this mighty battle, there can be only one winner.

John Cameron and James Lewis, it's time to Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!

Good to see you. Morning.

Good to see you. Have you got your money?

-I have. That I do have.

-£1,000?

£50 notes. Haven't seen those in years!

A man of style. Do you know what,

-I think your challenge today is going to be trying to spend it all.

-Oh, really?

At the risk of sounding cruel, we're not spoilt for choice today.

Good start. Lawnmower, lawnmower, lawnmower.

-But there's going to be better things inside, I reckon.

-Well, let's hope so, fellas!

Remember, this is a general sale,

so the challenge will be to look at all the options and go for anything

that you might be able to turn a profit on. The stage is set.

Can our two heavy-hitting auctioneers turn their years of selling experience on the rostrum

into effective and successful buying strategies?

This is a genuine house clearance saleroom,

so they don't know what's coming in through the doors until they do the clearances.

So what I'm going to do is I'm going to bid on a load of stuff right across the board,

and hopefully buy lots of things of low value and make lots of small profits.

Hopefully, that way the result will be good.

So, The Lionheart is under no illusions about the kind of stock that will be available today

and so he'll be aiming to buy up a high volume of small value items to turn profits.

What I'm going to do is utilise the contacts I have made through the auction house

and buy things with specific people in mind,

but I'm still taking a gamble because I'm not real sure that they'll actually

want these goods when they see them, but I think that's my best strategy.

I may well come across something that's a little bit quirky and take a chance on that,

but, really, I want to try and buy things with potential buyers out there.

And so The Hammer will be scouring his catalogue hoping to pick out

items he can match to his potential buyers.

Both our duelling dealers know they're going to need to work extra hard to find

the profit turners at this kind of auction, so there's no time to lose.

The Lionheart goes straight for the furniture.

This catalogue's great - it tells you what the reserves are.

And on 478, here, £25.

On 479, nothing, no reserve!

No reserve grabs The Lionheart's attention

because it usually means cheap, while John is thinking about his buyers.

I've spotted a potentially interesting item,

not something I'd normally go for, so I'm really going off-piste.

It's a communion set, a little cased box set.

It probably dates from the early 20th century. I happen to know a Eucharist down in Portsmouth

who may well be interested in buying this as a gift for somebody taking their first Holy Communion.

Profit is going to be a hard thing here today.

So John is clearly sticking to his strategy like glue, but will it end with him rejoicing or repenting?

We'll find out later, as it's time for the bidding to begin.

So, we start off with lot number one, which is the petrol lawnmower.

This is the sort of auction I used to run when I first graduated from university.

We called it a shutter sale, and we sold everything.

We'd get the sale ready every two weeks,

and you just didn't know what you were going to find from one week to the next.

Yes, our boys know this isn't going to be easy,

but they're primed and ready for action, and it's The Hammer who makes the first move.

Right, a pair of garden plant pots, lot 124. At 24, sir? 26. 28.

£30, sir. 32. 34. 36.

38, sir? £40. 42. I'm selling at £40.

Last time. At £40, now. 1976.

Well, with a determined chin,

The Hammer strikes and gets his first purchase under his belt.

He forks out £45, including buyer's premium,

for a pair of stone planters,

taking a closer look once the auction's over.

They're nice. They're very, very stylish,

and when I first saw them, I thought, "What do they remind me of?"

They do look a bit like an hourglass, but I think they're stylish and I reckon I'll find a punter for these.

Well, with a potential buyer in mind, John seems confident.

Back to the auction,

and The Hammer's straight into the action as another item on his wish list goes under the gavel.

A nice little communion set there. £20 for it?

18?

-Come down to 15, then. Nobody at 15 on it?

-Come on, Mr C, keep up!

At £13, the little communion set.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-No bidders?

13 I have. Both of you?

Selling at 13. Last time at £13.

-£13, lucky for some.

-Did you see that?

-I stuck my hand up for you.

-You're a good man.

-You're a good man.

-Aww, well, we all need a little help from our friends

from time to time and, thankfully for a distracted John,

James was straight in there to secure the communion set

on his behalf for just under £15 with the buyer's premium.

The auction is starting to sizzle, and The Lionheart has fallen for a very lovely lady.

OK, next we've got the original signed Angelina Jolie photo. I'll take a tenner for that one.

Ten I've got straight in at the back, now. 12 anywhere now? At £10.

That's for you really, isn't it?

-Your number, sir?

-Oh, number!

-No, that's not mine.

-Just show yours anyway.

-1976.

-Same number?

-Yeah.

-1976.

-You're paying for it now!

-No, I'm not!

Do you get the feeling these two aren't quite on the ball?

So far we've seen James bid for John, and now James is using John's number to pay for his purchases.

Come on, boys, a little focus, please!

So, for just over £11

James has bought himself a signed print of Angelina Jolie.

And now he's dipped his toe in the water,

The Lionheart plunges in with merry abandon, bidding on a whole series of cheap lots.

1978, sir.

First in the booty bag is a giant corkscrew for a total of £9.

Then The Lionheart assembles an army of pewter soldiers for £13.50.

Two ceramic flagons, NR. What's NR?

-No reserve.

-No reserve!

James, you've only got three salerooms!

-1978.

-But James still secures two ceramic flagons for £13.50.

So that's four purchases in quick succession for The Lionheart,

double that of his opponent.

But, earlier on, The Hammer spotted a lot with real promise.

Now, this could be potentially interesting.

It's a Royal Doulton tea set. You've got the pattern on the bottom here.

It's the Burgundy pattern, which is now out of production.

I think it was discontinued in the early '80s.

And there are a couple of companies now that have set up

buying discontinued pottery and ceramic porcelain services such as these, and you can pay for them.

Often you pay quite high sums for them.

Auctioneers have got it down at £30.

I think I could buy it for that and probably turn a small profit on it.

It's not going to bring me all the tea in China, though, is it?

So whilst James is all about spending fast and often,

John seems to be taking a more cautious and clinical approach by earmarking targeted purchases.

It's supposed to be quite a rare whisky, this one.

James is throwing himself into the bidding once more,

and it's a bottle of William Lawson whisky from 1960 that's caught his eye.

£20? 20 I've got, straight in.

Two anywhere now? Selling at 20, are we? Last time at £20, now. 1978.

A bottle of normal malt's worth that, isn't it? So I'm hoping that might have been a bargain.

Well, let's hope so, James, as you were the only bidder in the room.

With buyer's premium, that lot has cost James £22.50.

It's whisky for The Lionheart,

but tiffin and cream cakes for The Hammer,

if he can bid successfully on the next lot.

I'll come down to 20 on that if it helps. Nobody at 20? 20 I've got.

1976.

For just £22.50, with premium,

The Hammer's bagged another of his targets.

Time for us to find out who's spent what so far in today's challenge.

Our dealing duo both started today

with up to £1,000 of their own money to spend.

So far John has secured three items and spent just over £82,

leaving him with just under £918 in his kitty.

James, on the other hand,

has bought five items that cost him just under £70,

which means there's still a little over £930 left for him to spend.

Earlier in the day, before the bidding began,

our contenders poured over the lots on offer.

With profit margins the key to victory,

telling the gems from the junk at this stage is absolutely crucial.

What is that? I don't know.

I'm talking to myself again!

The Hammer was on the lookout for items he could match to buyers,

-and being from a naval stronghold, it's no surprise he was drawn to one item.

-Thank you very much.

Now, it's just a little gold mounted badge

that a naval officer or an officer's wife may have well worn when they're on parade

or perhaps when they're at one of the big functions they have down at the officers' mess in Portsmouth.

The auctioneers have only got £14 on it as a reserve, so I'm going to keep my eye on it.

It won't return me a huge profit, but I am struggling to find items to buy here today.

The Lionheart's aim was to buy a high volume of small value items with profit potential.

He's spotted what he thought could be a gem of a piece,

and he's got a little gadget up his sleeve that will tell him for certain whether he's right.

They've catalogued that as a costume jewellery brooch with an estimate of £20.

That, I'm 90% sure, is sapphire, diamond and solid gold.

And if it is, it's £500.

I'm going to go and get a tester and we'll see.

For us amateurs, who aren't specialist jewellers, these are really useful things.

It's a diamond tester...

-TESTER BLEEPS

-..and that's the noise that it makes if it's a diamond.

So, if it touches the metal...

-TESTER BLEEPS RAPIDLY

-..it sounds like that.

Please let this be a diamond!

TESTER BLEEPS

Bingo! It is!

That is worth much more than £20!

There are two other brooches in the same lot.

What a fantastic piece of espionage from our auction room James Bond.

He's spotted what is clearly the find of the day,

but the question will be whether anyone else in the saleroom has spied the same hidden gem.

With antiques in limited supply, The Hammer has opted to step out of his comfort zone,

loosen his strategy and look further afield.

Now, this is an interesting piece. It's a piece of tribal art, basically.

Now, I can't profess to be an expert, we just don't see enough of it down in the auction houses in Hampshire.

But there are pieces now making hundreds of thousands of pounds.

It's been painted recently, but it's certainly got a bit of age to it.

Now, I think this is something that The Lion may well get his teeth into,

because he does have a love affair with Africa,

so I'm certainly going to make a mark against it in the catalogue,

and if he is after it, I might have to give him a run for his money.

So, John fancies moving into the territory more usually associated with The Lionheart,

but as we return to the auction, James is more interested in bidding on another item.

It's the weather vane out the back now. A nice big weather vane.

Start me off at 30. No bids at 30?

30 I've got right at the back now.

32. 35?

-One more.

-35 I've got. Selling at £35 now.

For the last time at 35.

1978. £35.

With buyer's premium, James bags the weather vane for just over £39.

And, within the blink of an eye, he's bidding on another item.

1978.

(That is all right at 25 quid.)

For just over £28 including fees,

The Lionheart acquires a finely made walking cane,

and takes a closer look once bidding is over.

That is made of hundreds of rings of horn.

Possibly from a cow horn, possibly stag horn.

The thing that I like about it is it's unusual, it's a novelty, but it's not an ivory one.

Nothing has been killed for this. This is a by-product.

And look at all of those rings. They start large

and they go all the way down the shaft

to tiny ones at the tip.

And on the end we've got a piece of bone there with a brass tip.

This stick was made around 1850, 1860.

And at less than £30, this is a real bargain. I hope to at least double my money.

There's still plenty of bidding to do back in the saleroom,

and up next is the naval badge John spotted earlier, but can our wily old sea dog net his catch?

Still 22 in there. Four anywhere now? 24. 26?

24 still. Six anywhere now? Selling at 24.

Last time at £24. 1976.

£24, nine carat gold, Royal Navy.

That is a fantastic buy.

Even his opposition is impressed.

With auction costs,

The Hammer has secured his navy veteran's badge for £27.

The auction is in full flow,

and next up is the diamond brooch The Lionheart hopes no-one else spotted.

Right, we've got 399.

And a bit of interest here starts me off at £100. Looking for 110.

110 I've got right at the back.

I'm out, he's in. There's someone on the phone.

Well, it seems the other eagle-eyed dealers also spied the potential profit in the brooch.

320. 330. 340.

The price is rising sharply, and so is the tension.

I'm going to sell it at 460. 470. 480.

Oh, and James is out.

Well, I gave him a good run for the money. A phone bid came in.

The brooch is just too expensive for The Lionheart's profit-calculating brain.

740 I've got. You've done it.

760 is out. Looking for 750.

-Last time at 740.

-GAVEL GOES DOWN

That was a good battle. Nothing better than a good battle.

APPLAUSE

The brooch sells in the end for a whopping £740.

As today's sale races into its final stages, it's time for our brave boys to dig deep,

get stuck in and show us how they do it.

# This is how we do it

# All hands are in the air

# And wave them from here to there

# If you're an OG Mack or a wannabe player... #

And there you have it, the full gamut of bidding techniques.

But this auction is fiercely competitive, and our warriors still have money to spend.

So far John has just four items,

but he's looking to increase his haul as the ethnic mask goes under the hammer.

It's the African tribal death mask, this one.

A tenner? Nobody at ten? Seven, then?

Seven I've got. Eight anywhere now? Selling at £7, are we?

Last time, then, at seven. Eight. Nine. Ten? Nine I've got.

And selling at £9.

Nine quid. That's cheap enough just to scare the kids with it!

Well, that was easy enough.

With buyer's premium added,

John purchased the African piece for a little over £10.

Selling at £10 right at the back there.

James bags himself a highly collectable

and potentially profitable film poster for just over £11.

And he's not the only one looking for artistic inspiration.

John has got his eye on a lot of six paintings depicting

the dramatic rescues of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

34. 36. 38.

40? No? 38, still.

40 anywhere now? Selling, last time, then, at 38.

Well, I'm really pleased with that. £38. I can't believe I bought those.

I know that stormy, rough seas with ships sinking aren't the most commercial maritime subjects,

but that I think is my bargain of the day.

So for just under £43 with buyer's premium

John secures the set of six prints.

As the saleroom starts to wind down, James is hurling himself into a spate of quick-fire buying...

1978.

..notching up another five purchases in next to no time.

# Five, four,

# Three, two, one... #

First up it's a pastel painting costing James just over £29.

This film poster is his for just over £29.

These two majolica vases cost him £22.50.

Three movie posters are his for just under £34.

And finally comes The Lionheart's biggest spend of the day,

just under £124 on a padauk wood stool.

Well, at least I've spent some money!

What a finish from The Lionheart!

James spends £230.50, including buyer's premium,

on those five items.

And after that flurry of spending, the buying is over.

Thank you very, very much for coming.

See you all in a fortnight.

Auction over, The Lionheart takes the chance to have a closer look at his biggest purchase.

This is padauk wood.

Chinese hardwood in the rosewood family.

Called rosewood because when you cut the trees down it smells of roses, nothing to do with rosebushes.

That is lovely quality, and mother of pearl cabochon bosses all the way around the top.

£300, I hope.

Both our experts have secured a veritable cornucopia of collectables.

It's now time to take a look at how they've spent.

John and James each started the day

with up to £1,000 of their own money to spend.

John made six purchases costing a penny over £162,

while James spent £387 on 13 items, unlucky for some!

Before they head their separate ways to start selling, our duelling dealers

take a peek at each other's wares.

-OK, it's the end of the day, so how many lots have you bought?

-13 lots.

And your favourite lot?

-Your mask.

-My mask! You like my mask?

-I think that's great.

I think it's completely and utterly mad. What's yours?

I don't think I fared much better. My favourite lot, actually, is your walking stick.

-I missed that.

-I like that.

-I like it, too.

-A big profit in there, I hope.

-Well, I think you might be right.

How did you find being this side of the counter?

Didn't like it. I really didn't like it. I'm much happier on the rostrum.

You can control the bidding, try and get the bidding up.

This side, it's a very negative approach.

I'll tell you what, we've both got our work cut out here today,

so let's waste no more time, let's get this stuff loaded up and get on with it.

-Good luck, you.

-All right. You, too.

Yeah, it reminds me of someone. Can't think who it is.

Now the challenge for James and John is to secure

as much profit as possible on each of the items they've bought.

As well as the African tribal mask stick, John will also be selling

a Royal Doulton Burgundy pattern breakfast set, a communion set,

this pair of retro stone planters,

six framed lifeboat prints and a nine carat gold naval sweetheart badge.

Along with his walking stick, James also has to sell

a corkscrew, a selection of pewter soldiers, two ceramic flagons,

a 1960s bottle of whiskey, this weathervane,

a selection of movie memorabilia, a framed pastel portrait,

a pair of Majolica vases and this padauk wood and mother of pearl stool.

Our two gamekeepers turned poachers may have bagged themselves tidy auction hauls,

but that's just the beginning.

Our heavyweight auctioneers must now embark on their selling campaigns.

The Prince of Portsmouth is preparing for battle.

Having to actually become a dealer is a bit alien to me.

I'm a bit like a fish out of water, but I do have a little bit of knowledge, it's fair to say,

so hopefully, I'll be able to utilise some of those contacts and make some good sales and get some profits in.

While The Lionheart is back in Derbyshire, a picture of calm and focus.

The one thing about living in the Derbyshire countryside is you never,

ever get stressed about having to sell antiques.

They're both rifling through their little black books and setting up deals,

but until they've shaken on it and the money's changed hands no deal is truly sealed.

It's The Hammer who's first out of the blocks.

He's brought his African tribal mask to Portsmouth dealer, Ian,

whose shop is renowned for its stock of the weird and wonderful.

-Hi, mate.

-Hi, John.

-No-one in the shop?

-No.

-You're a rather trusting person these days.

-It's Albert Road, isn't it? It's fine.

Look, I brought this to show you.

-It's like a skateboard!

-Skateboard!

It wouldn't take my weight! It's the plaque I told you about.

Yes, it's interesting.

What do you think? Would something like this interest you?

-I think it would sell in the shop. Put it up on the wall. 60 quid?

-60 quid?

Can you do any better than that?

-What were you thinking?

-I was thinking more like about 100.

-No, no, no, I don't think so, John. 70 quid.

-75?

-Go on, John, you've got me again.

-Good man.

The Hammer is off the mark with a handsome first profit of nearly £65.

The Lionheart is also chasing his first sale, but for James it might not be so quick and easy.

At least you can say weathervanes are fashionable around here, they're everywhere!

Just need to find a buyer who will stump up the cash, Mr Lewis.

There we go.

Dear me!

-What do you think to it?

-Magnificent!

Isn't it? It's not an easy thing to wheel about, but... And you weren't an easy place to find, either.

Well, we're well tucked away.

-Well, I had some guidance with my weathervanes.

-Yes.

So, is it the sort of thing you like?

Yes, yes, I really do.

-Well, the way you're talking means you want it.

-I was trying not to...

-Which is fantastic!

Which gives me an awful lot of confidence!

The thing that I liked about it was the harvester, if you look, is all made out of one piece.

The letters aren't individual, they're all linked, which is not an easy thing to do.

What would you like to give for it?

Between 80 and 120.

OK.

How about 200?

If I can get 175 I think we've got a deal.

-That is a handsome profit for me and if you like it, I'm glad I've found it a really good home.

-Lovely.

The Lionheart shoots straight into the lead

with a cracking first profit of just under £136.

The Hammer is working through the checklist of potential customers he had in mind when he was buying.

He's brought the pair of planters purchased for £45 to his local florist.

Ah, Soraya.

-You weren't supposed to look at them until I had them here. What do you think?

-How are you?

-So?

-They're amazing. Bigger than I thought.

-Yeah?

Can you tell me about them?

I think they've got a bit of age to them. I reckon they're 1960s or 1970s.

-There's a nice amount of lichen around them, so they've been well weathered.

-They certainly have.

-And when I saw them I thought they were very stylish.

-Very retro.

I'd certainly give them house room.

-Definitely.

-So, do you like them?

Yeah, I love them. What are they made of?

They're reconstituted stone.

So would you have these as a shop display or would you have them...

I'd have them out the front of my shop

and put some big hydrangeas in there to catch people's eye. Very cool.

-Let's talk the money, then, OK? What do you reckon?

-How much do you want for them?

-I'm looking for about £150 for the pair.

-They're a bit grubby.

-Shabby chic, we called that.

-I see.

-What do you think they're worth?

-I'll give you 120 for the pair.

-£120?

-Yeah. Do you know what?

I can be having a deal with that. £120.

-Just take them outside?

-Come on, then.

The Hammer continues to cultivate his coffers,

netting a tasty £75 profit for the garden planters.

-There we are.

-Very nice.

-Wonderful.

-Aren't they great?

-It looks great, doesn't it?

-Fantastic.

-Really eye catching. Thanks, John.

-You're welcome. Have you got some money for me?

-I forgot about that!

With 12 items still to sell,

The Lionheart has decided to combine some of them into job lots.

His first target is his friend, Alice.

-Film posters.

-Film posters?

-Do you want to have a look?

-Well, I'm definitely interested, but I do need to see them.

-OK.

Original film posters in good condition are often keenly sought after collectables

and James hopes they'll fit right in here.

Well!

-There we go.

-My goodness!

Look at all of those!

I can't believe it.

I mean, are they just too expensive to use as wallpaper?

That is exactly what I would do with them.

-Yeah.

-I would just plaster that entire wall, and even overlap them.

-Exactly.

-Gum them up.

-That's what I'm thinking.

-Yeah.

-Where did you find them?

-In auction.

-You did?

-There's another one.

-I've forgotten to put in the car my other one, Lady And The Tramp.

-Oh, right.

You can have that one. They've got lots of nice colours.

I really do like them. It is a good room for it.

How much?

I was thinking 120 quid.

Well, I tell you what, I'll give you 100.

Throw in Lady And The Tramp...

-No...

-£102!

-No, throw in Lady And The Tramp and you can have the whole lot for 100.

-Oh, really? Oh, bless you!

-Thank you, James.

-This is where they belong.

Yeah. And we'll invite you round for dinner, as well, so you can look at how gorgeous it looks.

Oh, The Lion with the soft centre.

That's three auction purchases less to sell

and just under £26 profit for our hero.

And James presses on with his selling spree,

offloading his pair of ceramic flagons for a small profit of £6.50

and his five pewter soldiers for a profit of £36.50.

As the profits stack up, which of our warriors is boxing clever and which one needs to punch harder?

So far John has sold £195 worth of auction items netting a profit of

almost £140, while James has managed to sell £345 worth of goods,

banking a healthy profit of just over £204.

The Lionheart has opened up a strong lead, but with plenty of items still to sell,

The Hammer is far from out of the contest.

He's headed to Bognor Regis to see his friend, Nicolas, a jeweller with a passion for the sea.

I was hoping for about £200 for all of them. What do you reckon?

I like them, but some of the frames do have a little bit of damage where they've been knocked about

back and forth maybe from auction houses.

Six at 25 each would bring us to 150.

Nick, 150.

Even if it saves me having to wrap them all up again, 150 it is.

Thank you very much.

And The Hammer sails away with just over £107 profit.

He's looking to strike while the iron's hot, so he's come

to Portsmouth Docks, a historic stronghold of the British Navy.

I'm here at Portsmouth's Royal Naval Dockyard, home of HMS Victory,

Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, and HMS Warrior, the 19th century ironclad battleship.

So what better place to try and sell my First World War nine carat gold Royal Naval sweetheart brooch?

Nestled among the dockyards is an antique storehouse specialising in

maritime collectables and The Hammer's got an appointment with owner, Andrew.

Here we are. First World War.

-Right.

-Look at the hallmark, it's 1917.

-It looks delicious.

-They call them sweetheart brooches, don't they?

Yeah, yeah. It's to give to your loved ones as you're going to sea and facing the enemy.

I've seen quite a few now, different regiments and things like that.

You usually get them in silver, but to actually have a gold one is, you know, relatively rare.

And it's also very nice it's a Royal Navy one.

You see so many for the Army regimental ones, and I've perhaps had 100 or so in the last year,

but it's probably only the second Royal Navy one I've had.

-Interested?

-Could be, I haven't seen one for a while.

I would happily go about £50 on that.

Can you do any better than that? I was hoping for about 80.

I wouldn't go that far because I've my rent to pay, but it's a nice one.

-I'll go 60.

-£60, then?

-I'll do 60, that's great.

-£60, done.

-Brilliant.

-OK, thank you very much. I shall treasure that.

The Hammer makes a nine carat profit of £33.

The Lionheart knows that today's signed celebrity photo is tomorrow's antique.

He's exploiting his local knowledge.

Derby is the birthplace of Jolie's best known character, Lara Croft.

He's decided to add value to the photo by framing it together with an Angelina Jolie poster.

-Hi. How are you?

-Hi, James.

-Good to see you.

The work costs him £41, but The Lionheart is delighted with the results of his extra investment.

Just look at that!

That is how you transform a simple £10 photograph

into something that will grace any nightclub,

any entertainment suite and some of the biggest homes in the country.

There is a profit in that now.

Bursting with energy, The Lionheart is taking Angelina to meet his friend Tim,

and with a house like this, complete with its own games room,

The Lionheart is hoping that Tim might be a good target for some of his other items.

While you're looking at that, I'll fish out...

-Wow!

-That's nice.

-What do you think to that?

-That's good. Can you hold it up for me?

-Wow!

-That's better.

-Isn't she beautiful?

-Is that a genuine...

-That's a proper autograph?

-Yeah.

Proper signed photograph. I bought it just as the signed photograph and she was a full length poster.

-How much is that? £50?

-No.

It cost me more than that.

I will give you for that today,

without quibble, £150.

-This is an easy day for me.

-Done?

It's a deal. I'm not even arguing.

That shows me a very handsome profit and it will look fab in here.

-You're welcome.

-It will look absolutely brilliant.

The work pays off and James makes a profit

of just under £98 for the signed print.

The Lionheart is on a roll and sells the 1960s bottle of whiskey

to Tim's friend, David.

How's 80?

£80 is absolutely brilliant.

I'm absolutely thrilled with that. That's a great profit.

Pocketing £57.50 profit.

And, without any haggling, David also decides to buy the corkscrew.

-I'll give you 50 quid for that.

-You've got a deal.

You've got a deal. Right, put that away!

Delivering a £41 profit.

If only every evening was this profitable, Mr Lewis!

The pressure is on The Hammer now as The Lionheart snatches back the lead

in the profit stakes.

Unlike James, John is thinking more fine tea than whiskey and wine.

He's arranged to see his friend Debbie and is hoping the Royal Doulton breakfast set

might just be her cuppa.

-It is really nice. It's a breakfast set?

-Yeah, this is how I bought it.

You've got four of each, so you've got four cups, saucers, side plates and breakfast plates, yeah?

-And four egg cups. It's a breakfast set for four people.

-I like the egg cups, but not this.

-What's that?

There's nothing wrong with your eyes, is there? I haven't noticed that. There's a chip.

Oh, there may be a chip in one of the cups, but there's no sign of one in The Hammer's negotiating skills.

I'm looking for about 150 for it.

-A bit lower?

-Well, what would you want to pay for it?

Between 90 and 100, and 100 being the max.

£100. You would pay me £100?

-I'll give you £100 today.

-Let's have a deal.

That's a healthy £77.50 profit for John,

leaving him with just one more item to sell.

James, on the other hand, still has four items to go.

But The Lionheart isn't fretting.

He's brought his walking stick, purchased for just over £28, to collector David.

OK, James, come on through and let me see what you've got for you today, then.

-What do you think?

-I do like it, yeah.

With the sort of longer ferrule, often they say that is a sign of age.

-I quite like that.

-Good.

But, of course, it all depends on

that well known factor, doesn't it?

I hoped you might give me about 180.

-Right, right.

-How does that grab you?

I would see it at perhaps at around about 150, maybe.

-160 and you've got a deal.

-160.

OK, then. Yeah, it's a nice looking thing and I've never seen one.

-I've never seen one.

-It's got a nice taper.

-That looks good.

-You've got a deal.

-We've got the deal.

-160, that's done.

The Lionheart walks away with a cracking profit

of just under £132 and heads for a

dealer he knows in Doncaster with his pair of majolica vases.

Are they the sorts of things that you've got a market for?

-Yes, James, I would say I have got a market for them.

-OK.

-And, obviously, it all depends on the price, you know?

-I hate this part.

Because of the condition...

In good order, they're worth a lot of money.

Yes, there's a few hundred pounds there, yeah.

In that condition, James, I would have

offered you £100.

Just based on the condition, because they're going to cost quite a lot of money to get, you know, restored up.

OK. I was hoping for nearer the two.

I couldn't. 130, that would be the most I would want to give for them.

It's going to be £100 to restore them, isn't it?

-It is, yeah.

-You've got a deal.

-Lovely. Cheers.

-Thanks very much.

-Thank you, James.

-I think you'll do really well with them.

-Thank you.

-All right.

-Cheers.

-Have a good day.

-Thank you.

Another deal and another cracking profit for Mr Lewis of £107.50.

But The Hammer hits back.

He's gone to see his old school friend, Melvin, who's now a minister

and could be the perfect buyer for the Communion set purchased for nearly £15.

-There we are.

-Gorgeous, isn't it?

Now, it dates, I think, looking at the box, to about 1920, something like that.

So, what do you think of it?

Well, the thing that first strikes me, really, is

rather than the item, the emotion, really.

Because you could imagine this was probably used during, you know,

First World War, Second World War.

That those sort of times people would have clung on to their faith,

so I could imagine this thing would have been used quite extensively.

So, yeah, it's really nice.

There's a little bit of staining inside the lid,

which is why I've brought you one of my own white silk hankies,

so if you buy this you can do one of your notorious repair jobs there,

take this out and reline that.

-I'll accept it.

-You like it, yeah?

-Yeah, yeah. Absolutely.

-Great.

It pains me to have to talk about money

when you've described this so beautifully.

I'd like to take £40 for this.

£40, would you? Would you take £25?

I wasn't expecting you to come in so low. £25!

-You can do better than that.

-What's your best price?

£35 for it.

-35, it's a deal.

-love you like a brother, I'm glad you got this.

£35, it's now yours. Cheers, mate.

The Hammer nails his final deal, making a touch over £20 profit.

The Lionheart still has two items left to sell and selling them is not proving easy,

pushing James to take desperate measures with the pastel portrait and put it back into auction.

Are you all done, then? You're quite sure? Finished and away at £32.

There we go. £32, that's a loss.

At the end of the day, I hated it and I'm really glad I got rid of it.

Anyone who ends up with that, good luck, I hope you do better than I did.

Oh, the Lionheart is not best pleased to be making a loss after

seller's fees of nearly £7, but he still has his most expensive

purchase up his sleeve, the padauk wooden stool he bought for nearly £125.

A dealer contact, Pat, has expressed an interest in it, but he's abroad, so dealing is done by phone.

When I was at the auction I didn't plan to buy this at all.

This was a last minute, "I've got to be something," purchase.

But it might just turn out to be the saviour for me on this show.

Here goes.

Hello, Pat, it's James.

Hi, there. Hi. I'm very well. Are you enjoying yourself on holiday?

Well, this padauk wood stool that you saw the images of?

Do you like it?

We'll find out shortly if The Lionheart managed

to seal his long distance deal, but first it's time to tot up the totals and reveal who's made the most cash.

The Lionheart and The Hammer had up to £1,000 of their own money

to spend at the auction.

John was ultra cautious, spending just over £162,

while James splashed out £387 at the auction,

as well as just under £41 on framing the Angelina Jolie print,

giving him a total spend of just under £428.

All the money that James and John have made over their week of challenges

will be going to the charities of their choice, so, without further ado, it's time

to find out who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.

-Mr Lewis!

-Good to see you, Mr Cameron. How are you?

I'm not bad. How did you get on with the auction stuff?

I found it quite easy to sell, I think because there was not a lot there of high value,

lots of little £5 here, £20 there and those are the things that are easy to sell. How about you?

I made very good profit on everything.

-200% on some items.

-Yeah?

I found it hard to buy, I think I spent 162 quid or 165 quid. Put me out of my misery?

-Let's have a look. One.

-Two.

-Three.

Oh, look!

200% profit and you've still battered me, James!

But I spent three times more than you.

-Lewis, you are a bandit.

-No, no, no!

I reckon there are wanted posters around Derbyshire for you.

Let's get out of here before the police turn up!

So, today's spoils go to James Lewis, who managed to seal a deal for his Chinese padauk wood stool

with mother of pearl inlay.

525. Deal done. Thanks, Pat. Get back your glass of wine and your pool. Enjoy it.

Yes, that's £525, earning The Lionheart

an amazing profit of over £401 and ensuring a resounding victory.

I only spent 160 odd quid.

I more than made 200% profit on that, but it still wasn't enough to get near him.

For me, the lucky result was that padauk wood stool.

He looked at it as well. It could have been John buying it or me. A bit of luck there, I think.

Before our duelling dealers can bank their week's profits, they must face their greatest challenge yet

as they go head to head in the 48 hour showdown.

15 quid, go on. You won't regret it. And I'll even wrap it for you!

I've got to think straight, think straight. Oh, dear.

I've never, ever done anything like this before.

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