Kate Bateman v Mark Stacey - Foreign Market Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

'This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,

'the show that takes the titans of the antiques trade

'and pitches them against each other

'to see who can make the most money from buying and selling.'

It's amazing. Truly amazing.

'Today mercurial Mark Stacey takes on ice queen Kate Bateman

'in an all-out battle for profit,

'giving you the inside view on the secrets of the trade.

'Coming up, our dealers reveal the path to haggling heaven.'

So we've got the two for 400 Euros, which shows if you just buy in bulk, buy two and you can get it.

'And go potty for potential profit.'

Blue and white is in my heart and I just have to buy it for that.

'They've got pound signs rolling in their eyes.'

Don't they look fabulous? I should have held out for more money.

'It's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.'

'Today's fortune-hunting fight is a battle of the sexes,

'as Mark The Maverick Stacey squares up to Kate The Diamond Bateman.

'They both love fine art, but it'll be a rough and ready battle

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

'In one corner it's Brighton's biggest and baddest booty buyer.

'He'll do anything to secure a deal,

'but that suave exterior hides a devilish streak.'

Oh, I wouldn't want your address, madam. Not for this, anyway.

HE LAUGHS What am I like?

'His opponent is the diamond of Lincolnshire. She's stylish, cunning,

'and with her own family auction house, knows how to wield a gavel. Charm is her weapon of choice.'

No. I think not. He's asking for a kiss as well as the 60 Euros. I'm holding firm.

'This lord and lady know they can spend up to £750 of their own cash.

'And with their reputations on the line,

'the mission is to make as much profit as possible for their chosen charities.

'They've packed their passports and brushed up on their French

'as today's battle ground is a chic antiques market in gay Paris.

'With 380 sellers, there's a wealth of European gems waiting to be discovered.

'But which of our treasure-hunting Trojans will be the first to find them? Mark The Maverick Stacey

'and Kate The Diamond Bateman, it's time to put your money where your mouth is.'

-Bonjour.

-Bonjour, Monsieur Stacey! Ca va?

-Well, this is exciting, isn't it? Paris.

-Gay Paris. It's lovely.

-Crack of dawn.

-It is an early start.

-It is. Some of them haven't even set up yet.

-This is great.

-And it's awful not to be able to get in there and get it.

-What's your strategy?

Well, we're in France, so I think we ought to go for very French things,

-maybe things that aren't so usual in England.

-I've seen a lot of nice, funky, 50s, 60s stuff

which goes down very well in Brighton, but mixed with traditional French fare,

-which I think I've already got buyers for. Are you worried?

-Well, a little.

-The other thing, of course, you've got an advantage over me because...

-I speak a little bit of French.

You speak the Franco lingo, don't you? And I don't.

So I've got to rely just on my English charm.

-Or Welsh charm.

-You're doomed! You're doomed!

'Ooh, the new girl's feisty!

'Our British battlers are both desperate to leap to victory. In one corner, it's Maverick Mark.'

My strategy really is funky, decorative items from the 30s and 50s

mixed with a bit of traditional French fare.

That way, I might be able to satisfy my customers back at home. But who knows? Wish me luck.

'In the other corner, Diamond Kate, whose sparkling exterior disguises a core of pure steel.'

So today's plan of action is quite simple. It's buy French,

it's buy quite cheaply and beat Mark Stacey. Easy.

'Yes, she's brimming with confidence and bursting with energy.

'Put Your Money veteran Mark better watch his back

'as new kid Kate races out of the starting gates as fast as a whippet.

'Determined to buy French and armed with the local lingo,

'the Diamond homes in on some famous-looking glass.'

Now, look at that little baby. It's not Lalique. It's very similar.

It's someone called Sabino of France, which I'll have to go home and look up,

but the quality's really nice, it's got these little dragonflies on it,

it's this sort of Vaseline glass, which is a sort of frosted, slightly opaque glass.

It's not damaged and it's about 1925, 1930, so it's got some age. It's really cool.

He's got it on at 295 Euros. That's quite a lot.

That's about £260, £270.

I don't know enough about glass to take a chance at that figure, but I reckon I can get him down a little.

'Time to apply Kate's trademark va-va-voom.'

Cent quatre-vingt. Non?

THEY SPEAK FRENCH

He's saying that it's a dealer's market and a lot of dealers come here,

so this is the very best price. He says, for a dealer, he would've charged him 250,

but for me, it's 200 Euros, because I'm charming.

I think I'll take him up on that. I might take a chance. It's French and I said I would go for French things.

THEY SPEAK FRENCH

My first purchase! It's exciting!

'She's done it. A Lalique-style vase for nearly £182.

'A triumphant start for the sparkling Diamond.

'She's got the looks and the lingo, which puts her streets ahead of her tongue-tied opponent, Mark,

'who's not exactly au fait with Francais.'

-Parlez-vous Anglais?

-Non.

-Non! And I don't speak French. What can we do?

Where did you get it from? SHE SPEAKS FRENCH

I'm lost.

How much? SHE SPEAKS FRENCH

They're consulting now. The price is going up.

Cent cinquante? 25?

SHE SPEAKS FRENCH What did she say?

'Oh, come on, Maverick! Whilst you're floundering with the French,

'the Diamond's proving to be a treasure-hunting tornado!'

OK, so these are quite fun. I've just seen these.

The lady said these are two for 5 Euros and that's got to be cheap. Two for £4?

They're old soda bottles, and it's called Diabolo Sport.

Belgique? She's saying they're Belgian, so from Belgique. But it's written in French.

I said I was going to go for stuff with French writing on, so I'm pleased with that.

-Trois pour cinq Euro?

-Oui.

Three for 5 Euros. If I can't make a profit out of that, I'm in the wrong game.

'Kate's brimming with confidence. A trio of bottles for just under £5

'is bang on strategy.'

Brilliant. I'm really pleased with those. Not a lot of money, so I'm buying cheap and chic.

I'm hoping somebody's going to like those.

'Our priceless Diamond now has two buys in the bag.

'This determined newcomer is burning her way through the market

'on a Parisian charm offensive.'

# Well, she's all you'd ever want

# She's the kind I'd like to flaunt and take to dinner

# She's a lady

# Oh, oh, oh, she's a lady

'And while our glittering ice queen lures in the sellers with a smile,

'her arch enemy is yet to seal his first deal.

'So he's employing a rather unusual strategy.'

Isn't this absolutely horrible?

It's very kitsch, isn't it? It's a sort of 1950s/1960s little dressing table.

All mirrored glass with these rather 18th century scenes on there.

What looks like the original handle.

Would you want to sit in front of that doing your hair at night? I would.

'Hm. That paints a lovely picture, Mark. Now get in there and seal the deal.'

-OK.

-Well done. Thank you.

Well, the dealer just said to me 130 and I said lower, he said no.

I was hoping for 100, but I got it for 120. I managed to knock another 10 Euros off.

I'm absolutely thrilled cos I think there's a jolly good profit in that.

Kate, I hope you're watching. You need to get a move on, girl.

'Ooh, fighting talk from the Maverick. He's back in the game,

'snapping up a kitsch mirrored dressing table for just under £110.

'Both our mighty warriors are prowling the market for bargains,

'but is our newbie still getting to grips with the challenge?'

And I do seem to be able to pick out the most expensive things on every stall.

That's not necessarily a good thing, considering my limited budget.

And the fact that I'm not buying for myself, it's buying stuff for profit,

which is a bit counter-intuitive for me. I just want to buy it and keep it forever.

'Focus, Kate, it's profit, profit, profit today.

'If you forget that, you'll be handing the Maverick victory on a plate.'

-Oh!

-'Next up is a fine art stall.'

-Francais?

-'That looks pricey.'

Oh, this is interesting. This looks like the design for a stained-glass window

with these really thick lines. It's quite interesting. It's a pen and ink.

It's a strange thing to buy, I have to say, and it's not the sort of thing I was looking for,

but it's quite interesting and I do need to start buying some stuff.

I do like that one, as well. That's a really lovely painting.

I think this is a really nice thing. The condition's really good. It's beautifully painted.

You've got a bit of over-painting in the corner, but the light is lovely.

It's a shame it's not signed. That would put the icing on the cake. But it's so nice, an interesting scene.

THEY SPEAK FRENCH

Mason, English School, he says.

425. Crikey, that's still...

If I could get it for 300 Euros, that might be doable.

I'll ask about this one, as well.

HE SPEAKS FRENCH

So that one he would do for 100 Euros, which would be about £70.

If I could get that one for... 300 Euros,

that would be 400 Euros. I'd be spending quite a lot of money.

'What happened to cheap and chic? The Diamond's been dazzled.

'Talking of strategies forgotten, our Brighton warrior's next find is hardly French or funky.'

30 Euros? Done.

Merci, Madame.

Now, that was a very quick deal.

The last thing I thought I was going to buy in the middle of Paris

was a piece of English blue and white transfer-printed ware.

But as soon as I saw the shape and the pattern...

I'm not even going to look underneath, it's made by Spode or Copeland and Spode,

it's called the Italian pattern. The pattern was invented around about 1810.

It's been a huge success for the Spode factory, it's been produced right up to today,

and if we turn it over, we have a lovely little back stamp here,

Copeland Spode Italian pattern.

But this would date it to the 1920s and 1930s.

But it's such a wonderfully English shape.

And for 30 Euros,

which is about £26, £27, I'm not going to make a huge amount.

But I used to be the honorary secretary of the Friends Of Blue.

That's nothing naughty. That's the Blue and White Collectors' Club.

Blue and white is in my heart and I just have to buy it for that.

'A very British vase for under £30.

'Way off strategy, but another deal in the bag for the Maverick.

'The collectables carnage is well underway, but clever Kate

'is about to seal a very expensive deal.'

THEY SPEAK FRENCH

Look, I've twisted his arm! 400 Euros! Merci!

Oh, yay! So, we've got the two for 400 Euros,

which shows if you just buy in bulk, buy two, you can get it.

'A colossal purchase of just under £364.

'The challenge notches up a gear

'as the Diamond splashes nearly half her budget in one go.

'It's time for these titans to compare notes,

'but is our newcomer having doubts?'

I spent quite a lot of my money straight away on stuff that I'm not entirely convinced is a good idea.

-What about you?

-I'm very pleased. I've bought...

-You're smug. What have you done?

Well, no, I've bought the funkiest thing you've ever seen and you'll be wanting it for your boudoir.

-My boudoir.

-So do you think, honestly, that everything you've bought could go pear-shaped?

-Oh, completely. No question about it.

-I hope it doesn't, obviously.

-Yes, you do!

-Of course I don't.

-You want to see me sink to the bottom.

-Course I don't, Kate!

'Mark and Kate both started the day with £750 of their own money.

'Mark has bought just two items, parting with just over £136,

'leaving him nearly £614 still to play with.

'Kate has splashed the cash on four items

'with a whopping combined total of just over £550,

'leaving just under £200 in her kitty.

'So in the battle of the sexes,

'it's Kate who's bagged the most booty so far.

'But there's everything to play for.

'As we kick off round two of this Parisian profit hunt,

'the pressure mounts on our daring duo to sniff out the best bargains from under their arch rival's nose.

'Put Your Money new girl Kate has taken to this challenge like a duck to water.

'But Mark's triumphant talk is ringing in her ears.'

OK, so now I'm a bit worried, because Mark seemed quietly smug there

and it makes me think he's made some really good purchases,

so I'm a bit worried that I've maybe overspent.

But I have not peaked too soon, because I've seen a few things that I'll buy and they're really cheap,

which I know is unusual for me, but I have not lost this game yet, Mark Stacey.

'Kate's mind is racing with strategies. But like a diamond, this girl is hard.

'Maverick Mark has money to burn and treasure in his sights.'

A little trinket box. I like the fact that it's got a little armorial.

-I was thinking maybe 35 Euros.

-35?

-OK, 35.

-35? Thank you very much.

'The Sussex smoothie swoops in with another purchase for nearly £32.

'He means business. It's all-out war today,

'but one of our profit-seeking missiles is having a moment of self-doubt.'

I'm currently having a bit of a moment where I'm experiencing buyer's remorse here.

Let's just recap what I've bought. I bought two pictures, which although I like them, are not signed

and I don't know anything about the artists,

glass that looks like Lalique that I don't know anything about. And some bottles of fizzy pop

without the fizzy pop. I may be in trouble.

# There may be trouble ahead

That's way too much money.

# But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance

# Let's face the music and dance

I knew this would be a problem. I just want to buy everything for myself.

Let's hope Kate isn't getting as cross-eyed as this gentleman is.

'Oh, come on, Kate, it's all about profit, not personal shopping.

'You need to focus, as the unstoppable machine that is the Maverick rolls on.'

That's quite a pretty little box. It's 19th century

and it's got a nice little carry handle of cut and polished steel,

so I'm thinking this is probably made around about 1860, 1870.

In honest condition. It hasn't been touched. It's got some signs of age.

If you look at the mirror inside, there's a little bit of damage,

but we're looking at something which is 140 years old.

I've got a little bit of damage after 35 years of age.

'35? If you say so, Mark.'

-Bonjour. How much is this?

-It's 60 Euros.

-60 Euros?

-Yes.

-Now, that's about £54, something like this.

Could we get near to 40 Euros?

Oh, I'm sorry, I can't. 50 is the best price.

-48?

-Best price, 50.

-49.50?

-If you want.

49.50. Done. Thank you very much, sir.

Look, every 50 cents helps, doesn't it?

'It certainly does. Bagging the box for £45,

'Stacey levels the playing field, taking the score to four-all.

'And before long he grabs another weighty bargain,

'two glass paperweights for just under £14.

'With time marching on, can the Diamond pull herself out of the trouble trench

'and show us some sparkle?'

I quite like these. They're champagne buckets.

And I said I wanted to get stuff with French writing. I've just bought one of these in England.

I won't tell you how much I paid, but it was considerably more than he's asking here.

He's only asking 12 Euros. That's only about £10.

I reckon if I buy more than one, we can beat him down on price.

'That bulk-buying tactic again. She's merciless.'

Let's try him on 15 Euros for two.

SHE SPEAKS FRENCH

-Non. Non.

-Non?

-SHE SPEAKS FRENCH

THEY SPEAK FRENCH

He's asking where I'm from. Now I've said England, he'll be doubling the price.

18. 18 Euros. He's taken pity on me and I'm going to go for it.

-Dix-huit Euro? Parfait. Merci.

-HE SPEAKS FRENCH

Oh. Yeah, for anyone else, it would've been much less money,

but cos we're English, it's 18.

'Ooh. Are our British beauty's charms wearing thin?

'That's just over £16 for the buckets.

'The clock's ticking on today's challenge and as they rev up for a final sprint to the finish line,

-'both our warriors are feeling the heat.'

-# The heat is on

-# It's on the street

-'And savvy Stacey is all action.'

This is a huge piece of crystal glass made in Lorraine, they say,

and it is marked on the bottom.

Crystal of Lorraine.

-Monsieur, what is your best price?

-Would be 25.

-Oh, come on, sir.

-You're packing up.

-Exceptionally I can make 20.

-18?

-No. 18, no.

-That would be no.

-19.

-19 Euros.

-No! I can make 20.

-Thank you very much.

'After that titanic tussle, Mark bags the bowl for a touch over £18.'

# Soon turned out had a heart of glass

'And he doesn't stop there. In no time at all, racy Stacey is green for go with an illuminating object.'

What I'm thinking of buying are a pair of French traffic lights.

But they're 150 Euros each, which is a lot of money

cos I'd have to get them converted again in Britain.

But they are quite funky. If, of course, you can find the right buyer for them.

And that is the trick question.

I think I might offer him 200 Euros for the two.

'Go on, Mark, get in there!'

Can you take, for the two, 200 Euros?

-Bless you.

-Merci.

Well, 200 Euros I'm paying for those

and I don't know whether it's going to be green for go

or more probably red for full stop.

'Wham! At nearly £182, that's his biggest purchase so far.

'And with no stop sign in sight, he quickly snaps up

'a Bohemian glass vase for just over £45.

'Is it all over for our Lincolnshire lady?'

It's down to literally the last few stalls now and I'm beginning to panic a little bit.

'Come on, Kate, don't give up.

'It's a mad dash to bag the last booty

'and our sparkling ice queen has something in her sights.'

So I'm having a look at these. I had a look earlier in the day and I've come back cos I remembered them.

I'm thinking about them, and that tends to mean I'll regret it if I don't buy them.

They're designs for French furniture. I want them framed, but I think they're saleable, attractive.

So maybe if I could get them for...60 Euros each,

that's £50 each, that might be good. Or £50 for the pair.

That's probably got a good profit in it for me. So I'll ask the guy.

SHE SPEAKS FRENCH

Ooh-la-la.

THEY SPEAK FRENCH

I'm telling him it's the end of the day.

-Soixante?

-Oui.

-Oh! He's gone for it!

I knew I'd find a bargain right at the end of the day. Brilliant.

-I think this is pretty much all I've got left in the world. 60 Euros.

-60.

Soixante. He's going to check it.

-My money is good.

-HE SPEAKS FRENCH

Non. I think not. He's asking for a kiss as well as the 60 Euros. I'm holding firm.

'Well, you can't blame a bloke for trying.

'A final £55 purchase for the Diamond.

'She's had the sellers eating out of the palm of her manicured hand.'

# She's a lady

# Oh, oh, oh, she's a lady

'So, with the Parisian market over, it's time to tot up the totals.

'Mark and Kate arrived en France with £750 each.

'Mark ended up with eight items but spent modestly

'at just over £472.

'Kate bagged less with six items

'but splashed out nearly £621.

'Before they head back to Blighty, our lord and lady of the fair

-'get the chance to check out the competition.'

-I really regret the painting.

-I think I paid too much.

-I have to say, I'm desperate to find out what on earth you thought you were doing.

-I don't know. It was a moment of madness.

-The oil painting. Did you like the frame?

-The frame is nice.

-It'd make a lovely mirror.

-Oh, how rude!

That may be my bete noire. Come on, what have you got? I like the little casket, I'll give you that.

-This! What were you thinking?

-Oh, that's my favourite buy!

Do you know, that's spent the last 50 years in a Parisian attic.

It should spend the next 50 years in a Parisian attic.

-In Brighton, I'm going to make a fortune on that.

-Only in Brighton.

Stamford would not put that in their skips.

'For our antiques aces, buying the treasures was only the first part of their epic shoot-out.

'Now it's time for the Maverick and the Diamond to dust off their contact books,

'fasten their seatbelts and ramp up to jet speed as they start selling.'

Is it you that's going to be buying them rather than David?

'Profit is the name of the game, and in Northamptonshire,

'Put Your Money newbie and busy mum Kate is feeling the heat.'

Looking at the stuff now, I've got a couple of regrets.

This painting I paid too much for, and almost the same goes for this.

Mark steered clear of pictures and I kind of see why.

'Of course, that hasn't escaped her arch enemy's attention.'

Looking at her items, I think there's a few real problems.

The picture she bought was absolutely... I have to say hideous.

'Don't count your chickens though, Mark.

'The Diamond has some weapons of mass destruction in her arsenal.'

The other stuff I bought, I love. The champagne buckets, easy to sell. I don't think they'll be a problem.

The bottles were really cheap. The Sabino glass vase, I really like it,

and I've done more research and Sabino is a really good, well-known 1920s, 1930s Art Deco designer.

These are really nice, too. Quite classy. I can see those framed up somewhere nice.

'She may be new to this challenge but our rock-hard lady grew up in the antiques trade

'and she's determined to secure profit with a capital P!

'But she's got a fierce opponent in Brighton-based Mark.'

And I bought, in the main, what I consider to be very interesting and good lots.

I bought the stunning 1950s mirror dressing table, which I think is stunning but nobody else does so far.

A Copeland Spode Italian vase, typically English.

Two paperweights in the form of a sapphire and ruby.

A nice 19th century silver-plated box. A Bohemian overlay glass vase.

An iconic glass dish which I said I would never buy in a million years, and I bought one.

A rather nice French mid-19th century mahogany box.

And the most ridiculous thing of all, a pair of French traffic lights. What was I thinking?

'The Maverick thrives under pressure.

'It's going to be a dastardly dog fight between these two today.

'Our daring duo hit the phones to start flexing those profit-hunting pecs.

'Remember, until they shake on it and the money has changed hands, no deal is truly sealed.

'The cunning Diamond heads straight to Stamford, home to her family auction house

'and plenty of contacts, including vintage store owner Angela.

'She's hoping to net a nifty profit for the trio of bottles she bought for just under £5.'

-I saw these and thought of you.

-Lady bottles.

-What do you think? Lady bottles. Aren't they cool?

-I love them. They're French.

-Yes. And this is authentic French dirt. I haven't even cleaned them out.

-I love French dirt.

-You can over-clean them, you know? A bit of authenticity.

-I love it.

-I think they're 1950s.

-Yeah.

Diabolo Sport, she's doing this toy when you have this thing on a rope.

How cool are they? And I thought as a lady who does vintage stuff, bottles and all sorts...

-Yes, bottles and ladies.

-And ladies, it's right up your street.

-I love them. I am interested, but...

-As ever...

-Tell me.

In my head I'm thinking £10 each, £30.

-£10 each bottle?

-Yeah. £30 for the three.

They are really cool, and where else would you get one, apart from a French antiques market,

-where else in England are you going to find one?

-You've done this before.

-Is it working? Is it working?

-£10 a bottle is too much.

-Right.

-What about £8 per bottle?

-I was going to say £8 a bottle, so 24 and then another one for luck.

-25 cos it's a round number.

-I like round numbers. What is it in French?

-Vingt-cinq.

-Vingt-cinq.

I think I'm happy with vingt-cinq pounds for the three bottles.

-I don't know what "it's a deal" is in French, but it's a deal.

-Thank you very much.

-# Say ooh-la-la

-'Ooh-la-la! There's no holding back the new girl.

'Canny Kate pockets her first profit of just over £20.

'On the south coast, the Brighton titan is trying to sell

'the wooden box he bought for £45 to collector Liz.'

-It's lovely. Oh, it's exquisite, Mark.

-I love the colour.

-Oh, I do like that.

-I think it... I thought it was beautiful.

-It's just lovely.

They've even finished, as a little sign of quality, they've finished the edging off here in a sort of ebony.

-They have. Yes.

-From around about 1860.

-Oh, really?

-So, it's mid-19th century.

-Yes.

-I was looking between 80 and 100.

-Oh, really? Yes.

-So what are your feelings on that?

I would like to offer you 80. Would you accept 80?

-I'd be delighted to accept 80.

-Thank you, Mark. That's lovely. I would love to have it.

-Thank you so much, darling.

-Thank you very much.

'Nice work by the Brighton charmer. £35 profit in the bag.

'He quickly makes it two in a row

'when he sells his Bohemian vase to collector Rosie.'

£75.50.

'That tops up his profit pot by just over £30.

'Our profit-hunting powerhouses have hit the ground running.

'But in Northamptonshire, it's crunch time

'as the Diamond tackles one of her worrisome pictures head on.'

Now, I've come to see a lovely chap called George

because I'm hoping he's going to be interested in my stained-glass panel or my window-drawing panel.

He's an expert in Renaissance and 16th century glass.

I paid about £90 for it so anything over £100 would be an absolute bonus. Let's go and meet him.

'Come on, Diamond. We're rooting for you.'

-Now, I know you're a collector but this isn't really your sort of field.

-No, no, it isn't.

It's fun. It's a fun piece.

Do you think you might be able to sell it to one of your contacts, maybe?

I shall probably use it as a sort of talking point.

Oh, there we go. So I suppose, getting to the point, how much is a talking point worth?

-Actually, this is where you start doing the talking.

-Ah.

-Believe it or not, you're selling, I'm buying.

-Hopefully. Well, £200, something like that.

-Ah.

-Well, may I counter?

-Go on, then.

-You started at the top of your list. Let me start and let me say £100.

-OK. I can come down a little.

-I hope you can.

-How about we meet in the middle? How about 150?

-Erm, make it 125.

How about 130? Final haggle. Every penny counts for me.

-130 and I'd be really happy with that, cos it is very specialist, I have to admit.

-OK. 130.

-Yeah?

-Yes, indeed.

-Brilliant. 130. We'll shake on it. Thank you very much.

-Pleasure.

'She's done it. That's just over £39 profit

'and the first of Kate's problematic pictures out of her hair.

'This diamond dealer knows how to work her contacts book.

'She's got stiff competition in the south coast colossus, though.'

Well, it's a very bracing morning here in Sussex, as you can see,

and I've just come up the coast from Brighton to see a friend of mine, Andy,

who own a large pub here and has expressed an interest in my French traffic lights.

I paid just over £180 for these, quite a lot of money.

And I've been rather cheeky in asking quite a lot for them,

but whether it's a green light or not, I don't know yet, I'm just about to find out.

'Well, you can certainly stop traffic with your shirt, Mark,

'To ensure there's no safety risk, Mark's had the old wiring removed at a cost of £5.

'So, can he light up a profit?'

-I've shown you some photographs of these.

-It doesn't do them justice.

I bought them in Paris as a wacky five minutes, the fair was closing,

I saw them and thought, "They're so funky, someone will love them."

I think they're really nice. I think once they're lit up and sparkling away,

maybe a little bit of restoration, they'll look fabulous.

-Anywhere particular in mind for them?

-Oh, yes, I think they'll fit very nicely on the wall up there.

One either side of the mirror would look very good.

I did mention in my e-mail, Andy, a rather cheeky figure.

-Yes, I thought that was cheeky, as well.

-£300, wasn't it?

-How cheeky is that, do you think?

-Erm, quite a bit.

-Oh, dear.

This is where it's all going to go terribly wrong.

-Erm, I would be looking more about half that, I think.

-HE GASPS

-Oh, gosh.

-'Ouch! That would be a loss.'

They are very nice but they need rewiring and they're small and... How about 220?

-230.

-225.

Well, I tell you what, if I settle on 225,

-you've got to get them up on the wall and work it, and I'll come back...

-Will do that.

-..and do a grand illumination.

-That would be fabulous, yes.

'Well, after that almighty tussle,

'our hero emerges victorious with just over £38 profit.

'And a few weeks later he returns to get the party started.'

It gives me great pleasure to give these lights the green light.

# So you better get this party started THEY CHEER

Don't they look fabulous?

I should have held out for more money.

'Well, it's too late now, Mark, the deal's done and dusted.

'Maverick's had his moment in the limelight and he's three-two up.

'But his nemesis is blazing a profit-seeking trail across the British countryside.'

I've brought my French drawings here to Stapleford Park in Leicestershire

which is a fantastic country house hotel, absolutely beautiful setting.

And I know the interior is as elegant as the exterior. I paid about £55 for these.

I'm hoping to make a small profit, maybe £80, £90, something like that.

I'm pretty sure they could use them in the interior, maybe for one of the bedrooms.

These are absolutely gorgeous. Let's go and see what they think inside.

# He lives in a house, a very big house in the country

# He's got a fog in his chest so he needs a lot of rest in the country

'Our diamond dealer has lined up a meeting with house host Pam. Time to show us what she's made of.'

I have to say, this is a beautiful setting. Is there any French influence around here?

People say that the front of the house does have a French feel, that it looks like a French chateau.

Well, there's obviously a bit of French about these two.

First of all, tell me your first impressions?

Well, they're fascinating drawings. One of the things I'm asked to do as the house host here

is search out pictures and things where I think they're needed in different rooms.

So it might save me a lot of leg-work if I got a nice little bargain.

-Any of the French pictures looking tired, maybe?

-Well, there's one or two.

-What sort of figure would you be thinking you might be looking for for them?

-100, say.

-I don't know.

I wasn't quite given that budget when I was asked to go and buy some pictures for things.

-Counter offer, come on.

-Would you go for 80, do you think?

-£80 would work for me.

'Canny Kate does it again, bagging just over £25 profit.

'But she needs to do bigger and better than that,

'as in his shop on the south coast, the brawn of Brighton is preparing to pack a killer punch.'

Mirrored furniture is really in, and this is funky and kitsch, just what the market wants.

But, and it's a big but, it's been damaged in transport.

The handle's been knocked and there's a small crack in the drawer.

I think if it hadn't been damaged, I would have been looking at well over £300, pushing towards 350.

But if I can get anywhere near 200, there's still quite a healthy margin in it for me.

That's why I have decided to try and sell it. Fingers crossed, anyway.

'Ooh. Will that damage shoot the Maverick's profit down in flames?

'He paid just over £109, but can local dealer Richard see past its problems?'

I've reduced the asking price and you're still vaguely interested.

I am. My wife and I, we love it. Every time we've driven past the last week,

approaching the shop, I say, "Jane, eyes right. Dressing table."

So we've seen it at the back and we really love it.

The crack, it doesn't really bother me, Mark, to be quite honest.

The overall thing is quaint and we love it.

'Sounding positive. Time to move in for the kill.'

What about 220?

-210 and I'm very happy to do the restoration.

-£210.

-Yes. I'm happy to do that.

-Great.

'And he's done it! It's less than he originally hoped for but Mark didn't let that damage stand in his way

'and banks his biggest profit so far, nearly £101.

'We've reached the halfway stage in this selling bonanza

'and it's been an epic battle of brains and brawn.

'Diamond diva Kate has sold three of her six items,

'but her profit stands at just under £85.

'Maverick Stacey's profits started small

'but he's sold four of his eight items,

'and that dressing table triumph takes his profit pot to over £204.

'As round two of this almighty challenge gets underway,

'the Diamond has her work cut out to catch her arch enemy.

'But this wonder woman has plenty of tricks up her sleeve.

'Our superhero is determined to emerge victorious. She's got an Art Deco vase to sell.

'It cost her nearly £182. Time to unleash her haggling powers on Deco shop owner Yarun.'

-I was hoping for around the 350 mark.

-'Ooh, she's aiming high.'

-I'm happy to pay £300.

-320.

-I don't think I can.

-Go on!

-Every penny counts. I've got to beat Mark Stacey.

-Do you? 300 I'll buy it.

310 and I'll take it. I need every tenner I can. 310?

-It's a lovely thing.

-OK, 310.

-Brilliant.

-Thank you very much.

'Oh, she worked hard for that.

'Kate's back in the race with a massive profit of just over £128.

'In Brighton, oblivious to Kate's success,

'Mark has hunted down a fashionable buyer for his paperweights.'

Now, I've brought my rather glamorous paperweights formed as a large ruby and sapphire

to someone I know called Marianne, who's in a world that I'm not terribly familiar with,

haute couture, she designs her own dresses.

I paid just over £13 for these. Will I sew up a healthy profit? Let's have a go.

'Not familiar with haute couture? You're too modest. We've seen some fabulous togs in your collection.'

# Come on, vogue

# Let your body move to the music

-I bought these in Paris.

-Ooh.

And I just thought, you're a woman who likes sparkly things.

-Yes.

-Bit of a magpie.

-Oh, no! They're lovely. I could definitely use these.

-But what would you use them as?

-I'll tell you exactly what I would use them as,

I'd use these for weighing down my slippery fabrics. And it will not move.

-And it will look very glamorous.

-I know!

-Just like your designs.

-Oh, thank you.

-So you like them?

-Yes. I love them very much.

-Do you like them enough to pay...

-Ooh, here he comes, now!

-I'll give you 25.

-25? I've brought them all the way from Paris.

-Don't make me feel bad!

-I've brought them all the way from Paris to Hove.

-All the way from Paris!

-Don't!

-What about...

-Yes?

28?

-Done.

-I think I have been. Thank you very much.

-It's a pleasure doing business with you.

-I hope those cakes are for us.

-Of course they are.

-Cos I've earned those.

'Oh, get back to business, Mark. That's another £14 profit,

'and he's now sold five of his eight items.

'His little black book of Brighton soon comes up trumps for a sixth

'when he sells his Spode vase that he bought for just over £27...'

-I was hoping for £55.

-You've got a deal.

-Fantastic.

'..doubling his money with nearly £28 profit.

'But Maverick better watch his back

'as the diamond ice queen has travelled nearly 150 miles south

'to take on her nemesis practically on his doorstep.

'She's in West Sussex, hoping to sell the large painting that's been causing her sleepless nights.

'It cost nearly £273 so it's a nail-biting moment as she unveils it to pub landlord Steve.'

-What do you think?

-I absolutely love the picture but I hate the frame.

-You hate the frame?

-Yeah.

-This is a great frame! This is a proper giltwood one.

-But the actual painting you like?

-The actual painting I really like.

-OK.

-Probably too much.

Oh, that's a good thing. I thought a wheat sheaf pub, and these are probably wheat sheaves or hay,

-it's a bit tenuous.

-This pub was actually built for people that did this work,

and this was treated as their canteen where they could have a pint and a ploughman's after lunch.

-But that is what they did.

-'Our cunning contender has sewn the seeds for a great deal,

'but will she harvest a profit?'

-I mean, I am hoping for about 380 for that.

-Whoa.

-No. No. You're way off. I'd get strung up if I paid 380 for that.

-Really?

-'Ooh, that's not a good start.'

-OK, well, what sort of figure were you thinking, then?

-I'd be expecting to pay 100 quid.

-It cost me lots more than that.

-I can come a bit lower.

-You'd have to come a lot lower, Kate.

Well, I can come down, I can do 300. And I'd make a very small profit. But I still would make some profit.

OK, well, we've got to stop messing about. 250. And that will be it.

I'm happy to keep this if I can't make a small profit.

'Our rock-hard diamond is holding firm.

'But did she manage to seal the deal? We'll find out later.

'Still in West Sussex and fizzing with confidence,

'Kate's determined to make her final profit something to celebrate.

'The pair of champagne buckets cost just over £16

'and our sparkling lady pops the question to Highdown Vineyard co-owner Ally.'

I was thinking maybe £30 each. £60, something like that, for the two.

Ooh, that's quite high. English wine-makers don't make that much, you know?

Maybe 50 for the two. Would you consider that?

-50 for the two.

-Yeah.

-£50, that will give us something to celebrate.

-So £50.

-Maybe we should go and open a bottle of fizz.

-That sounds a good idea. Lead on.

'Smoothly done, Diamond. Topping up your profit by nearly £34,

'we'll drink to that.'

Well, Maverick, that's me all sold up for our French items. Hope you're doing as well as I am. Cheers.

'Vintage fighting talk and that's our class act home and dry.

'Time's nearly up and back in Brighton,

'Kate's arch-rival is hoping to sell his £18 glass dish to pub landlord Colin.'

-Well, I was hoping to get around the £55 mark.

-Oh!

-I know, Colin, I know. It's far too cheap.

-Far too cheap?

-You are a friend and I want to give you a good deal.

-Go on, it's a deal.

-'Colin must have a heart of glass to succumb to Mark's haggle.

'The bowl leaves him nearly £37 up.'

# Soon turned out had a heart of glass

'But with the finishing line in sight,

'our Brighton boy stumbles when he fails to find a buyer for his silver box,

'losing him just under £32.

'Our supreme stallions have soared over the final fence

'and sprinted over the finishing line.

'They both started off with £750 of their own money.

'Kate picked up six items and spent a total of just under £621.

'The Maverick bought more with eight items in the bag,

'but his spending was modest at just over £477 including costs.

'But from now on all that matters is profit.

'All the money that Mark and Kate made from today's challenge will be going to their chosen charity.

'So, without further ado, it's time to reveal who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.'

-Kate, lovely to see you again.

-Mark, hello. Hello. How did it go?

-I loved that foreign market in Paris.

-I really enjoyed the buying. It was lovely.

And it was quite easy to find antiques but I had a few problems with selling a few.

-Oh, what a shame.

-Come on, I want to see, I'm so desperate to see.

-Oh, I'm desperate to see, as well.

-Come on.

-One. Two. Three.

-Oh, it's close!

-Oh, very close!

-Oh, my goodness!

-Oh, you won, Kate!

-Oh, well done, though.

-Well, congratulations, Kate.

-Thank you.

-You deserve to win.

-There's only £10 in it but I reckon that will buy us a cup of tea.

-It's on you.

-My shout.

-THEY LAUGH

-'It was a very close race today, with under £13 in it,

'but newbie Kate just pipped Maverick Mark to the post.

'So was it that painting that put the nail in his coffin?'

We've got to stop messing about. 250. And that will be it.

290. That makes me hardly any profit but I will shake your hand at 290 if you go for it.

-290.

-290. Thank you very much.

'The Diamond stood firm and drove the buyer up from his initial bid of £100,

'proving that even a small profit of just over £17

'can lead to overall victory.'

Well, what a result. That couldn't have been closer.

I had such a good time in France but to win it by a tenner was brilliant.

I can't believe it. It was so close.

Kate did very well selling all her items. And she even made a profit on that awful picture.

'But Mark needn't despair. Tomorrow he gets his chance for revenge

'as our duo face the ultimate challenge, the showdown.'

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