0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:00:04 > 0:00:08The show that takes the titans of the antiques trade
0:00:08 > 0:00:10and pitches them against each other
0:00:10 > 0:00:13to see who can make the most money
0:00:13 > 0:00:15from buying and selling.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19It's amazing! Truly amazing!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Today our nifty northern champ David Harper takes on
0:00:22 > 0:00:26the highest hope of the south, James Braxton,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28in an all-out battle for profit,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31giving you the inside view on the secrets of the trade.
0:00:31 > 0:00:36Coming up, David takes to buying abroad like a duck to water.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38D'accord! That's French.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Bingo practises the art of haggling.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44He's hard! I'm happy not all the clients are like this!
0:00:44 > 0:00:46LAUGHTER
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- And David parts with a loved one. - She's so lovely.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51She's going to miss me and I'm going to miss her.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11Today's caper pitches demon dealer, "Devilish" David Harper
0:01:11 > 0:01:16against top-notch old school gent, James "Bingo" Braxton,
0:01:16 > 0:01:20to see who can make the most profit from buying and selling antiques.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Our brave boys are on a booty-buying bonanza in Belgium.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Two knights of the barter charged with carrying out a daring raid
0:01:28 > 0:01:30on an antiques market in Waterloo.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35The stakes in this competition couldn't be higher.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39It's our well-informed wheeler-dealer from the north...
0:01:39 > 0:01:41That should really be a double-bubble.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43"Double-bubble" meaning "doubling your money".
0:01:43 > 0:01:47..versus the debonair deal-doer from the south.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51A man who can tell a corker from a stinker at a thousand paces.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54That's very good. That's a good price.
0:01:54 > 0:02:01They've got £750 which is 825 euros, of their own money to spend,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04and all the profit goes to their chosen charities.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06David Harper and James Braxton,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09it's time to Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- Voici!- Salut, James.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Nice and bright and early. Good location.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- Glorious, isn't it? - Sun's rising over the supermarket.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21It's got a great feel to it. A very distinct feel to it.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26Nice smell and everything else. We've got £750 worth of euros to blow.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- What are you going to do with yours? - Spend it quickly.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32I've been to these continental fairs before
0:02:32 > 0:02:36and I know that they break out the beers and the wine at about noon.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39They've been doing it since four o'clock this morning.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41For me, I am armed with my secret weapon.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- You have your vocab, do you? - From my daughter.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47She's written all the best French words I need
0:02:47 > 0:02:50to get the best deals so just you watch me.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53En Francais, mon ami. En Francais.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Well, well, it's the boy-in-blue battling the red arrow.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02And while Bingo is au fait with the Francais,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04David is armed with a devilish plan to keep pace.
0:03:04 > 0:03:10Using a French phrase cribsheet created by his daughter's fair hand,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14he's out to bag the best bargains Belgium has to offer.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- Hello.- Hello, hello.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Hi. Now then. Oh, I should, I'm going to practise my French
0:03:19 > 0:03:21but you speak great English.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- It's OK, we can do it.- Can you do good French as well?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Yes, of course.- Are you French?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28No, I'm Belgian. You are in Belgium, here.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30I know, we're getting confused.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34No, David. You're the one that's confused.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I was going to get my French phrases out.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Bonjour, madame.- Bonjour, monsieur.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- Ah, mange tout.- Mange tout?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43That's more Del Boy than devilish!
0:03:43 > 0:03:47That's a big punchbowl. It's an English transfer.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49They not know here.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50They say, "What is it? What is it?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53"Is it for your corn flakes in the morning?"
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Can I have a look at that? It's positively English, isn't it?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- It's got to be.- I think so.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04And so that's transfer printed and date-wise, would you say that's 1850?
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Something like that.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08DULL TAPPING Oh.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10A bit cracked but don't do that!
0:04:10 > 0:04:13David's tapped the bowl to check for cracks
0:04:13 > 0:04:16and this little beauty has one, but he can still see a profit in it.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- My best price.- Votre meilleur prix.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Hang on, hang on! Stop it!
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Meilleur prix, madame?
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Meilleur prix, pour vous, quatre-vingts.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Quatre-vingts which is, I will let you know, is 80, in actual fact.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Would you take quarante?
0:04:32 > 0:04:37- Soixante. - How about cinquante? D'accord?
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- D'accord.- Marvellous, marvellous. - By the way, by the way. Oh, two.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I'm brilliant at French, absolutely marvellous.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45- You are fantastic! - Thank you.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Yes, it's like watching a master at work.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Devilish David does the deal,
0:04:50 > 0:04:55bagging the punchbowl for 50 euros, which is just over £45.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57And despite the farcical French,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59he's punched his way into an early lead.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03His rival Bingo is looking further afield for inspiration.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- As far away... - TRIBAL DRUMMING
0:05:05 > 0:05:07..as Africa.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11It's very stylish. Just a tribal stool.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14It's been cased with brass, some of it's been cased with brass,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16just very crudely nailed there.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18But very stylised figures.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21It's all made of one piece of African hardwood
0:05:21 > 0:05:24and it's all cut away rather like sculpture.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28You're just removing items to leave your legs in here.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31And then this has been cased in brass.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Mr Braxton isn't stalling.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38As well as the stool, he's also clapped eyes on a colourful mask.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40The mask is very unusual. I've never seen a mask like that.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- The mask is from Cameroon. - From Cameroon?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Yes, in the centre of Africa.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49These tribal stools generally make
0:05:49 > 0:05:52anywhere between 50 and 80 en Angleterre.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57So if I can try and get them for sort of 150 euros, I'd be all right.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00And after a jolly good haggle...
0:06:00 > 0:06:05- Deux cent. Last price. Good price.- Deux cent.
0:06:05 > 0:06:11..Bingo is in business with not one but two bargains for just under £182
0:06:11 > 0:06:14at half the original asking price.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18And it's not long before David, too, is drawn to the same stall
0:06:18 > 0:06:21and is diverted from his attempts to master French
0:06:21 > 0:06:23by a particularly eye-catching lady.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26In French we call her reine mere.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- A reine mere?- Reine mere.- Meaning? - The queen...
0:06:30 > 0:06:31- The queen mother.- OK.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34This is the headdress worn only by the queen mother?
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- Yeah.- Oh, really? So these would be gifts given to people?
0:06:38 > 0:06:42So could this be David's next target?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- I'm going to teach you a bit of French.- Here we go again!
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- So combien, monsieur? - Combien? For you...
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Special. Hang on.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- Meilleur prix? - Meilleur prix, deux cent.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- Um, is that 200, you've just said? Cent, deux cent.- Deux cent.- Oh!
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- Cent. D'accord?- Cent?- Yes!
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- I can give you for 150. - But I want to pay cent.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Meet me halfway at, erm...
0:07:15 > 0:07:17cent vingt.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- Cent trente.- What's that? Hang on.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- 130, cent trente.- 130.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25And he's done it.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27With polite persistence and his one-page dictionary,
0:07:27 > 0:07:32David gets his girl for approximately £118.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34She's coming home with me,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37this beauty, Nigerian Benin bronze, is coming to Barnard Castle.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41She's never been to Barnard Castle and she's going to really enjoy.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44For 130 euros, she's gorgeous.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48# You're the love of my life... #
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Looking for a bargain, our David has found love.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53She's gorgeous.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Keen to keep up the momentum,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Mr Harper moves on and next to catch his eye is a funky coffee table.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04This antiques business isn't all about buying items
0:08:04 > 0:08:06that are over 100 years old.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Not at all. You've really got to keep abreast of fashion.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12And this now is very fashionable.
0:08:12 > 0:08:171950s, 1960s vintage, retro, jazzy table.
0:08:17 > 0:08:1910 years ago, you'd chuck it away.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22But because things go out of fashion and get thrown away,
0:08:22 > 0:08:26the items that are left when they do come back into fashion
0:08:26 > 0:08:29have not a great value, in this case, but desirability.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33It's for a young buyer who really wants to funk up their home.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Let's talk to someone. Bonjour, monsieur.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Tell me about this table. Where did it come from?
0:08:38 > 0:08:42I bought it in Mechelen, which is between Brussels and Antwerp.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- Right, OK. - I like the '50s, '60s style.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- Is it fantastically cheap for me to buy?- I think so.- Really?
0:08:49 > 0:08:53I think that 75 is cheap. Can do sort of 10% off.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56So I suppose it was a mass-produced thing.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58It's got no names on it.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00No names. If it was a really well-known maker...
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- Then it's a different price. - A different price but we don't know who made it.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06And a name makes a lot of difference.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09The glass is still OK. Normally it gets chipped.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12There's a little, a little twitch there.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14So monsieur, meilleur prix?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Soixante c'est le meilleur.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- I think you just said 60, did you? - Soixante.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24OK. Yeah. Work with me on this one, this is all very new to me.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27OK, what if I said to you cinqante?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- D'accord? - It's reasonable but it's cheap.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Cash. Cash is king.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35No Visa for me!
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Good man. Thank you very much. Great.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Yes, he does it again.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44David puts an offer on the table of just over £45 and it's accepted.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Bingo had better bring on the buying
0:09:47 > 0:09:51because this Belgian battle is being blitzed by David.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Before long, our bastion of the bargain, Mr Braxton,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57bumps into a stall with items at bargain basement prices
0:09:57 > 0:10:00and picks out three seashell balls.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Cinq euro.- Cinq euro.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Cinq euro pour les trois. That's not much, is it?
0:10:06 > 0:10:10That's very good. That's a good price.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Merci, monsieur.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Bingo shells out just over £4.50 on the three balls.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19What's the story, Mr B?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22They're just balls that somebody's applied shells to.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25But they have a really good look and they caught my eye in that bowl.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30I'm sure somebody else in England will like these decorative items.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31I can see them going down a storm
0:10:31 > 0:10:34somewhere like Brighton by the seaside.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Well, Bingo's making up ground.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41Next up is an Art Deco glass vase which he pays just over £7 for.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44The nice thing about this, what attracted me to it,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46it's quite complicated.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50It's moulded, it's not cut, but everything is staggered.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53It's all stepped, the buttressing.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55The gilding's rubbed, here, it's been much used
0:10:55 > 0:10:58but I like the fact it's been polished off at the base.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03This will support some big flowers and it won't fall over in a hurry.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05From nowhere, James is now on a buying frenzy.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09David would be quaking in his devilish boots
0:11:09 > 0:11:12if he wasn't having such a good day himself.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14What a mighty clash this is turning out to be.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Now how are you doing so far? How's the secret weapon?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- Unbelievable.- Unbelievable.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25It's the best secret weapon I've ever employed. And I've employed many.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28So this is a bridge between our two great nations
0:11:28 > 0:11:31and you're bridging that with a bit of language, are you?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I think the government should send me as a representative of our nation.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38En Francais himself, yeah!
0:11:38 > 0:11:41It's been fabulous, but I think they've been very kind with me.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- And best phrase today?- Best phrase would be, "d'accord" is good.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Love saying d'accord.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- D'accord, OK.- But meilleur prix. - Meilleur prix.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52So I say how much first, "Combien?"
0:11:52 > 0:11:55And then I say best price after that.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- Soften them up.- Soften them up and them give it them, yeah!
0:11:57 > 0:11:58What about you?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01You were going to dash around and get it over with
0:12:01 > 0:12:04so you could have a nice leisurely lunch, as they do on the continent.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08I was worried about them losing focus and concentrating on lunch
0:12:08 > 0:12:14while I was desperately looking for a second or third item or whatever.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18I've done quite well. My best phrase to date is plus cher.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21I might need to write that down. What does it mean?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25I think you need that one. That's too expensive. Too dear, too dear.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30- Plus cher.- So they give you a price and you say, "Plus cher, monsieur."
0:12:30 > 0:12:33What you should do is go "Combien?" Price. "Meilleur prix?" Price.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36"Plus cher." Three goes at it.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41Sorry, yeah. I've gone slightly beyond that stage.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43It's lovely. We should soak it up a little longer
0:12:43 > 0:12:45and then get back into the action.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Into the fray.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50So far, David and James have had a real humdinger of a day,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52purchasing antiques galore.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57They both started the day with £750 of their own cash.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02David has bought three items and spent just over £209,
0:13:02 > 0:13:05leaving him just under £541 to play with.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10James has gone one better and bought four items.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13He, however, has spent nearly £194,
0:13:13 > 0:13:18which leaves just over £556 still to spend.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23As round two begins, our dealers know that this competition
0:13:23 > 0:13:26could go either way and that the items they find now
0:13:26 > 0:13:30could prove crucial in their quest for victory.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Devilish David is combing stalls, looking for pieces that leap out at him.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39Let me introduce you to one of my all time favourite Chinese characters.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42This is Liu Hai.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Liu Hai, I think from memory, was the god of needle-makers and of wealth
0:13:46 > 0:13:50and the story goes that Liu Hai would travel around the world
0:13:50 > 0:13:53with his three-legged toad in search of enlightenment,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55happiness and peace.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58The toad was an amazing creature because he had the ability to fly
0:13:58 > 0:14:02and Liu Hai would fly on the back of the toad all around the world.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05But the only problem with the toad is that every single time
0:14:05 > 0:14:08the three-legged toad would see a well, he would dive down,
0:14:08 > 0:14:12soak himself in the water and have a wonderful time wallowing around.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15The only way Liu Hai could get him back out of the well
0:14:15 > 0:14:18so he could continue on his flight around the world
0:14:18 > 0:14:21would be to jangle money over the top of the well.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23The three-legged toad could not resist this.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25He would crawl up the well
0:14:25 > 0:14:28and as the three-legged toad went to grab the money,
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Liu Hai would grab the toad, jump on his back and off they would go.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Fantastic.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36David Harper, ladies and gentlemen.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Dealer, linguist and storyteller extraordinaire.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45But while Liu Hai is beyond our David's budget, it's not long before he spots
0:14:45 > 0:14:50a piece that isn't - an early 20th-century chandelier.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52This is exactly the kind of thing that English dealers
0:14:52 > 0:14:56come to the continent to buy - very typical French or Belgian of course -
0:14:56 > 0:14:59light fitting, but really stylish.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Very lightweight. Super-looking, nice size.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04It's not over-big for any home.
0:15:04 > 0:15:09It's very, very dusty, it's brass and then it's gilded to look like ormolu.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Ormolu is bronze and then gold-plated.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15It's ormolu-looking, 19th-century in style,
0:15:15 > 0:15:18but probably dates to about 1920s to 1940s.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21It's got two wires, so it would need rewiring
0:15:21 > 0:15:23but it wouldn't be expensive.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26So, a quick rewire, a clean-up maybe highlight this gilding here
0:15:26 > 0:15:30with wax and it would look the business.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34I might try to buy it for vingt, which is 20. Monsieur...
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- Er, vingt?- Vingt-cinq?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Vingt-cinq, 25? OK, um...
0:15:39 > 0:15:43D'accord. I agree.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Monsieur...
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Merci. OK. Right, thank you.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51I'm getting really good at this French, I'm amazing myself.
0:15:51 > 0:15:58- Yes, and us too, David. - I've just paid 25 euros, that's about 2o quid, plus a rewire - 20...
0:15:58 > 0:16:00It's going to owe me less than 50
0:16:00 > 0:16:03and I think that should really be a double-bubble.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07"Double-bubble" meaning double your money. I'll go and give him some money.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- Right...- Well, you've got to hand it to him,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12our David is really putting his all into this
0:16:12 > 0:16:17and he's sealed the deal on item number four for just under £23.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Let's hope his figures add up or it could be double trouble
0:16:21 > 0:16:26for our fancy linguist. Mr Braxton, expert in fine art,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29is searching for a stall that catches his finely tuned eye.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Got something for everybody here.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37That is quite a strong palette, that one.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Agh! That's putting it mildly, Bingo!
0:16:41 > 0:16:44But the picture I like is over resting against the van
0:16:44 > 0:16:47and it's a townscape with a nice tram in it.
0:16:47 > 0:16:53James knows that if the price is right, he can always turn a pretty picture into a handsome profit.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55It's a nice picture. Where is it?
0:16:55 > 0:16:59This is the Flemish part of Belgium - it's Ghent - the centre of Ghent.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03- Yeah, yeah.- And it's around 1940s. What you see is what you get.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Cent cinquante?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- BINGO LAUGHS - Er, no.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10The normal price is 250
0:17:10 > 0:17:13but I can do, if you pay cash, 200.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16A little lower?
0:17:16 > 0:17:22- He's hard.- I am hard.- I'm happy not all the clients are. 190?
0:17:22 > 0:17:27- I'll give you 190. It's very kind. - Deal.- Deal, thank you.
0:17:27 > 0:17:33And James the gent gets the painting of Ghent for approximately £173.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Watto!
0:17:34 > 0:17:38This buying business is painting by numbers for our Bingo.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I'm pleased with the picture. It's the sort of style I like.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44It's impressionistic. It's a continental scene,
0:17:44 > 0:17:48it's got figurative interest in it. It's got a bit of colour in it.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53If you look at the back of it, I think it's in its original frame.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57Do you see how the wood all seems to be of a sort of similar colour?
0:17:57 > 0:18:04It sits well. It doesn't look as though it's been fiddled with much.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I don't think the moulding's ever been taken out.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11It still looks quite bright, the frame.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14I've got a private buyer in mind, but if he doesn't have
0:18:14 > 0:18:19the appetite for it, it's something that I might take a risk on at auction.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Devilish David, that dragon of dealing,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26is ready to sink his claws into another possible purchase.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30He's spotted a small Chinese travelling inkwell.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34These are interesting. A travelling scribe's box with an inkwell.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37The ink will go into this little reservoir here
0:18:37 > 0:18:39and then your quills in there.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Then, when the scribe - the academic - went on his travels,
0:18:41 > 0:18:45that would simply fit onto his belt and off he would go.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49When he was sat in situ, it would just sit beautifully on a desk.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52This is distinctly Chinese. Look at the decoration!
0:18:52 > 0:18:54We have a Chinese dragon coming down the body.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58The thing to look out for with Chinese dragons are the claws.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01If you find a five-clawed Chinese dragon
0:19:01 > 0:19:04on a very early piece of Chinese anything -
0:19:04 > 0:19:07pottery, porcelain, brass or bronze -
0:19:07 > 0:19:11then that may well be an indicator that that dragon - that item -
0:19:11 > 0:19:15was made for the Emperor or one of his many members of family,
0:19:15 > 0:19:19which may run into many thousands of people who are connected to the Emperor.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Um, I can't actually see any claws on this particular dragon.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27What a lovely thing! Distinctly Chinese.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Anything Chinese is absolutely flavour -
0:19:29 > 0:19:33not of the month - I think, of the decade.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37I'd like to pay 70 or 80, let's see what we can do here.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Monsieur, soixante?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Too low?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45OK.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49The dealer wants 130 euros for this well travelled Asian antique.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53But with dogged determination, David manages to clinch the deal
0:19:53 > 0:19:57at 100 euros - just under £91.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- Thank you.- I'm a Lord.- Really!- You?
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Oh, Lord Harper. Two Lords together.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05What kind of Lords, I'm not sure.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Lords of loot maybe. But what's happened to your French, David?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Marvellous! OK. D'accord. That's French.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Oh, there it is. Never fear.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Gentleman James is looking pleased as punch.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22He's finally spotted a bona fide bargain that ticks all his boxes.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26It's very nice - it's very French.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Sweet, perfect! Parfait really.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33I might paint it. Or the shabby chic, isn't it?
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- Le chic!- Ever the gentleman, our Bingo politely executes
0:20:37 > 0:20:43a perfect final purchase and picks up the table for just over £27.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48What I like about this table is it's so, so eminently for the garden.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51You put it down on the floor, nice circular thing.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Why is it for the garden? It's got three legs.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Three legs always sit true.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59There it is. We've got an uneven car park here.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03It could be uneven grass. It's always going to sit true.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Well done, Mr B.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08And with that, time's up on our Belgian bargain buying bash.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14And it's time to check up on how our sparring Spartans have spent.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19Both David and James started the day with £750 of their own cash.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Devilish David has played a cautious game -
0:21:21 > 0:21:27bagging five items in total and spending nearly £323 in the process.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30James bought six items by close of business
0:21:30 > 0:21:36and spent slightly more, at just under £394.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41All that remains is for our brave boys to assess each other's progress.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46I told you, David, they'd lose concentration. Look at them! All packing up.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50- I know.- It's lunchtime.- I know, but they have been here a very long time.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54- They deserve some grub, don't they? - They have. - Have you had a cracking day?
0:21:54 > 0:21:59Yeah, I've had a decorative and colourful day, by the looks of my goods.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Tell me, which is your favourite item?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Er, I do like my picture.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06I like the fellow, the mask from the Cameroon.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09That is funky, isn't it? I've got to say.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13I think very similarly, I think my Benin bronze, that is my favourite item.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15She is absolutely delicious.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19I love your bowl. That's a huge, gigantic scale.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21It's a beauty. Big punch bowl.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Mid-19th century, English. Staffordshire.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Staffordshire. - Bought in Belgium, marvellous!
0:22:26 > 0:22:28- I'm taking it home, James, where it belongs.- Yeah.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30It's been well worth the journey.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32And now, Dave the linguist,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34getting in amongst them.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36I seriously have impressed myself today.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41I didn't realise I had such skills in the language department.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43I think I'll have to watch the playbacks.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Our kings of collectables
0:22:49 > 0:22:53must now turn their considerable clout from buying to selling.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57They need to sell hard and fast to make as much profit as possible,
0:22:57 > 0:23:02as only one of them can claim the Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is title.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07The rolling hills of Sussex welcome home gentleman James
0:23:07 > 0:23:10and the historic ruins of Barnard Castle herald the return
0:23:10 > 0:23:12of Devilish David.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17And once ensconced back at base,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20they both begin to plot their selling strategies.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24The 19th-century blue-and-white bowl, what a buy!
0:23:24 > 0:23:27No money at all. Good profit in that baby!
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Now the retro table. This stuff is really on the up.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I've got one guy who should buy it off me.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36If he doesn't, I don't know who else will.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38The Benin bronze.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Finding a home for it may well be a bit tricky
0:23:40 > 0:23:43because it's not everybody's cup of tea.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47The 19th-century Chinese bronze travelling scribe's pot.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Oh, my gosh, that is a cracking find!
0:23:51 > 0:23:55As well as all that, David also has to sell his chandelier.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59James is also assessing his awesome armoury.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02That fabulous beadwork mask from the Cameroon -
0:24:02 > 0:24:05the Bamileke tribe - that was a nice item.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Also from the same seller, I bought a lovely stool. That should do well.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13I bought a fabulous Art Deco glass vase.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16That was the one with the stepped corners. I really like that.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19At eight euros, that was a bit of a steal.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21The three-legged table.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25It's a lovely item, beautifully designed, and works really well.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29My most expensive lot there was a fabulous picture of Ghent.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33At 190 euros, I might be found slightly wanting on that one.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38And James will also have to sell his three seashell balls.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Our antiques entrepreneurs will be pulling out the stops
0:24:41 > 0:24:43to find buyers for their items.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47But, until they've shaken on it and the money has changed hands,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50no deal is truly sealed.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Our brave boys fly forth from their respective HQs.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57But Devilish David is first to knock on the dealing door.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01He's taken his retro coffee table, bought just over £45,
0:25:01 > 0:25:06to Newcastle, to see Steve, who deals in retro and vintage pieces.
0:25:08 > 0:25:13- Steve... I'm going to reveal to you...- I can't wait. - Something delicious.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17- It's going to be amazing.- You'll be so impressed, it's unbelievable.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20I'm just going to watch your face.
0:25:20 > 0:25:21DRUM ROLL AND FANFARE
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- Oh!- Yes.- It's a table.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27It's not English, is it?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30It's quite a nice design on there, mind.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34- Date-wise?- It's not best quality but it's quite stylish.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Yeah. I would say, being very precise...
0:25:37 > 0:25:43- Yeah.- 1958 to 1962.- Seriously? - It's speaking to me.- Really?
0:25:43 > 0:25:48- You're still having those problems, are you?- I am. I'm hearing tables.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Yeah. You know, it's got an '80s look to me about it.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54I know it isn't '80s but, do you know what this reminds me of?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Do you remember the face, Age Of Consent?
0:25:57 > 0:26:01I'm probably too young for that sort of thing but I do have a very similar hairstyle.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04A lot of youngsters these days are looking back to the '80s.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Now they're in their 20s, 30s, making a bit of money
0:26:07 > 0:26:11- and harking back to those... - It's like candyfloss. - ..angelic days.- Yeah.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13You're desperate to buy that.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16I don't know about being desperate to buy it.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21- It's under £100.- It would have to be, wouldn't it? Quite honestly. Really!
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- 90.- Not 90.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- I don't see...- 75?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29I was thinking more 60.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Make it 70.- Go on then!
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Thank you, thank you. Great.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Yes, a good solid start by the devilish one.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40He carves out a profit of nearly £25.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45Mr Braxton, that hustling haggler, is now ready to make his mark.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49He's taken his painting of Ghent to see old friend Andrew
0:26:49 > 0:26:52with every confidence of a decent sale.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Here's the picture I showed you the photo of.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Aha! OK.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- What do you think of it?- Um...
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- It's of Ghent. If you stand back a bit...- Yeah.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06It's quite a nice Impressionist scene.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Done by van Deventer.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Um, I think, James, that might be
0:27:11 > 0:27:15outside my appreciation buds.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20- Do you, do you?- I think you'll find somebody who really falls in love with that.- Yeah.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24I'll have to... I'll just have to search a little further, won't I?
0:27:24 > 0:27:28You will do, yes. Good, good. Thank you very much.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33- Don't worry, don't worry. Everybody's allowed to look. - BINGO LAUGHS
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Oh, dear! Bingo rebuffed.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Chin up, old boy, and stick on some inspiring music.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43# We've got to keep the faith... #
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Oh, well! Pictures aren't for everybody.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53- At least I've got Richard up my sleeve. - Yes, that's the spirit, James.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Back in Barnard Castle, Devilish David Harper
0:27:56 > 0:28:01has been conducting some detailed research on his Chinese inkwell.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04I've shown it to a very good friend of mine and colleague,
0:28:04 > 0:28:06and it is exactly what I thought it was.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Certainly 19th-century or before.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12It does make you wonder, if this is a travelling inkwell,
0:28:12 > 0:28:14when you're travelling, any residue ink left in the pot
0:28:14 > 0:28:17will leak out and go down your trouser leg.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19But, in this one, something I didn't notice,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22is that deep inside that well, there is some hair.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26That is jet black Chinese hair.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28This is a 19th-century version of a sponge.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33And the hair actually has dried globules of ink.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35This is the original hair that was in this pot
0:28:35 > 0:28:38when it was last used. Probably at least 100 years ago.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42This just genuinely sends shivers up my spine.
0:28:42 > 0:28:47I'm going to take a chance. I'm going to put that into an auction with online bidding.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51It's got speculative possibilities and it might just fly.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Hmm, we'll find out later how the auction goes.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Now, after his earlier setback,
0:28:56 > 0:28:59the dogged determination of James Braxton
0:28:59 > 0:29:03is once again shining through. With just the faintest whiff of a sale,
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Bingo's off to Hastings in Sussex to see Robert -
0:29:06 > 0:29:08an expert in African artefacts.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12With his African stool and mask, which combined,
0:29:12 > 0:29:14cost him nearly £182.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Robert, can I show you my first purchase?
0:29:17 > 0:29:21I was told that it came from the Gambon,
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- from a tribe called the Kota tribe. - That's correct.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Kota's a very valuable commodity in Africa at one time.
0:29:27 > 0:29:32Sometimes more valuable than gold. It's a nice, decorative piece.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Robert, this one I really fell in love with.
0:29:34 > 0:29:40It's quite an extraordinary piece. It is glorious in its hideousness.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43- There we are.- Wonderful!
0:29:43 > 0:29:46It's Cameroonian, isn't it?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48It is modern again.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50It's not terribly old, is it?
0:29:50 > 0:29:55If you do that... it immediately comes up white.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59- Yeah.- If it had been used, you wouldn't have seen the mark immediately.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01It would still have been black underneath.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06The man told me that they sort of wore it, almost,
0:30:06 > 0:30:09on the head like this.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11- And then dipped their heads down. - Yes.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14It would be what they call sky-awarding.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Looking to the gods and forefathers,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19if they're going to wear it like that.
0:30:19 > 0:30:24- OK. I just loved it. I thought it was sensational.- It's wonderful.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28You ask someone to make a mask for you, you'd pay him four goats
0:30:28 > 0:30:32and you'd give him two goats and then they'd have to wear the mask.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35If the spirits come into the mask, and the dancer holding the mask
0:30:35 > 0:30:40can feel the spirits in it, the guy will get the other two goats.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Don't worry, don't worry, Robert. I'm not asking four goats for these.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- ROBERT LAUGHS - You've talked them up beautifully.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50There's no need to do any salesmanship for myself.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54- Could you do 250 for the two?- No.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59The absolute limit is 180, I suppose.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- A couple of hundred.- A bird in the hand, 210, Robert.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- All right, 210 then. - Great, thank you.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Bish, bash, bosh, Bingo brings home the bacon!
0:31:08 > 0:31:12He's taken a combined profit of over £28 for the stool and the mask.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15He's back in the race.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19But Devilish David isn't about to let up in his pursuit of profit,
0:31:19 > 0:31:21he's putting all emotion aside
0:31:21 > 0:31:24as he sets off to sell his Benin bronze lady,
0:31:24 > 0:31:28bought for just over £118, to Dale, a local dealer.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31So, there she is.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- Now, Dale, let me just ask you a question.- Yes.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Have you been thinking about her?
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Well, a little bit, a little bit, I've kept in mind.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42- I thought I might be interested to see what she looks like in the house, in the flat.- Hm.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I'll see how it goes, you know?
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Is it, it sounds like you're going to have a potential relationship?
0:31:46 > 0:31:49- Well, I don't know, she's a nice girl, you know! - THEY LAUGH
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- She doesn't talk through much. - No, no, she is cheap to keep!
0:31:52 > 0:31:56- DAVID LAUGHS - But possibly not cheap to buy. - Well, we don't know that.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- I think the couple of hundred quid. - A couple of hundred quid?
0:31:59 > 0:32:03- Well, what about 190?- Well, you know what, I think that's OK.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05I'm not absolutely delighted...
0:32:05 > 0:32:07not because of the money, I think the money is fine,
0:32:07 > 0:32:10I just think she's so lovely that she's going to miss me and I'm going to miss her!
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- So, well, can I visit her?- You can do, any time you want.- Perfect!
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- We'll have a drink!- Fantastic. Thanks, Dale.- Thank you very much.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Oh, poor David's having his heartstrings well and truly tugged!
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Chin up, David, you'll always have the memories!
0:32:23 > 0:32:27MUSIC: "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Mixed emotions now, I've got to say.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43I think you can tell that I'm slightly distressed at saying goodbye to that one, but...
0:32:43 > 0:32:47it didn't take long, probably about 30 seconds, for me to realise
0:32:47 > 0:32:50when she went on that table and I looked in the Dale's eyes
0:32:50 > 0:32:52and he was looking into her eyes
0:32:52 > 0:32:54she was not going to be leaving that house.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56He's got very, very good taste.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01And that sale means that David's wallet is as heavy as his heart
0:33:01 > 0:33:04as he pockets nearly £72 profit.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06We're nearing the halfway point
0:33:06 > 0:33:10in this joust between our brave knights of vintage valour.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14So, let's see how they're faring in their quests for profit.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17So far, Devilish David has sold two of his five items
0:33:17 > 0:33:21and has already amassed a profit of over £96.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Bingo Braxton has some catching up to do,
0:33:24 > 0:33:26he's sold two of his six items
0:33:26 > 0:33:31but so far has only yielded just over £28 profit.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Devilish David Harper, duke of dealing,
0:33:36 > 0:33:40is angling to compound his counterpart's misery.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44He needs to have his chandelier, that he purchased the nearly £23,
0:33:44 > 0:33:46rewired and PAT tested.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49So, he's taking down the road to restorer John
0:33:49 > 0:33:53but, being devilish, he's decided to try and sell it to John
0:33:53 > 0:33:55as a restoration project. Hm!
0:33:57 > 0:34:00- Well, here's one from you, John! - Oh, right, I see that one!
0:34:00 > 0:34:04- Rewire job, can you give me an idea of what it's going to cost?- Right, so if we just put all new cable in.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07And look at these holders, now, and, not that you would,
0:34:07 > 0:34:11- you can put your finger through there.- OK? Yes.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15- Now, more modern ones, you can't put your finger down there onto those.- Oh, I see.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- And they've all got the Kitemarks and things.- I've got you, yeah.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Look, for the whole light, give you a deal.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- I could wire it up for, say, for 40 quid.- 40 quid, all-in, new holders?
0:34:24 > 0:34:29- Yeah, new holders.- OK. Erm...would you buy it as it is?
0:34:29 > 0:34:33- Yeah, decorators' piece...- Is it worth 60 quid to you, as it is?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- No.- No?- No.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38You see, I'd be looking at, once have done the work,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- I'd be looking at 45 from that, I'm afraid.- To buy it?- Yeah.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43You wouldn't give me 60 quid for it?
0:34:46 > 0:34:50- Er, not at this particular moment, no.- Er...55?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Good piece of stock.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- Split with you, 50 quid. You're going to rewire it.- Yeah.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02- Give me the 50 quid, you can have it at 50 quid.- OK, it's a deal.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04OK, good man, thank you very much.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09David makes over £27 profit from the sale, he rocks!
0:35:09 > 0:35:13He's really whipping up a selling storm in the North.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15HOWLING WIND
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Southern boy Bingo wants a piece of the action too,
0:35:20 > 0:35:22so he travels north.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26I'm in the middle of Cumbria, I've seen a sign to Barnard Castle.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29I'm think, you know, I'm in David Harper's manor.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30Look here...
0:35:30 > 0:35:33"DH"! He's everywhere!
0:35:33 > 0:35:37He'll sell seashells in the shape of a ball.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41This seashells he'll sell, he hopes, will make him a haul.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46That is, if he can convince his good friend Gary to purchase them.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50- I thought I'd bring you a souvenir of the seaside!- Right!
0:35:50 > 0:35:52GARY LAUGHS
0:35:52 > 0:35:54I thought they were rather decorative.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Right, they are and I actually collect these
0:35:57 > 0:35:59but these haven't got great age about them though.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01No, no, they haven't.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03If you notice, winking at you underneath
0:36:03 > 0:36:07- is a lovely bit of polystyrene!- Right! - THEY LAUGH
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- But they are a good size, aren't they?- Right, they are, yes.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13- Why do you collect shells, Gary? - Well, if I can just show you.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16People in the north-east used to do this.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18- Ah!- This is one of mine.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22This is an old Maling Seaton ware plate
0:36:22 > 0:36:25that has been covered in shells. About 1890s, 1900?
0:36:25 > 0:36:28And that's on the Tyne, is it? The Maling pottery?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30And the Tyne starts here in Alston.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34But these openly picked at South Shields, where did yours come from?
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- I think they look quite English, don't they, to me?- Well, they do.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39They're European, aren't they?
0:36:39 > 0:36:41They're quite, well, they're North Sea.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43What would you like to pay me the these?
0:36:43 > 0:36:46What would I like to pay you for those? Um...
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Don't treat me too hard, I know you're a hard man!
0:36:49 > 0:36:52I would be looking at...
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- five pound a ball. - Five pounds a ball?
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- You got the deal.- Cheers.
0:36:57 > 0:37:02The dealing duke of the South makes it decent profit of over £10.
0:37:02 > 0:37:08It also sells his Art Deco vase and makes nearly £58 profits.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10With the cash burning a hole in his pocket,
0:37:10 > 0:37:14Bingo burns some rubber and returns to sunny Sussex.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Devilish David visits his local museum.
0:37:18 > 0:37:23He's researching into his punchbowl that he bought for just over £45.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26He's focused on making as much profit as he can.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Next, he drives to Alston
0:37:28 > 0:37:31with the hope of selling it to fellow dealer Judith.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37I'm just wondering if it could have been a rum butter bowl, actually.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Rum butter is a Cumbrian delicacy.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43It originates back to, I think, the late 18th century.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47So, these bowls would be used to make the rum butter in, yes.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Date-wise, I think 1850, I mean...
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Hm, do you think it's as early as that?
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- I do because if it was after 1891.- Yes.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Then it would be marked on the base, the country of origin,
0:37:57 > 0:37:59- which is going to be England, isn't it?- Yes.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01So, there's no England mark.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03I think if we describe it as mid-19th century,
0:38:03 > 0:38:05- that would be about right.- Yes.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09It'll be good at the collection but, of course, the question is how much?
0:38:09 > 0:38:11£90, I think, in trade.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- I'd like it better the 70. - Would you?- Hmm.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18Should we do what all good dealers do best and meet in the halfway?
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Compromise, compromise is the key to success.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Thank you, Judith, marvellous. - Thank you very much.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27So, David sells his bowl four £80,
0:38:27 > 0:38:30which means he pockets nearly £35 profit.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35Not to be outdone, that tireless trooper of trading Bingo
0:38:35 > 0:38:38takes his shabby chic table, purchased for £27,
0:38:38 > 0:38:40to see his friend Patricia.
0:38:40 > 0:38:46Now, Pat, I'm asking...er, I want about, sort of, £50 for it.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48I would say 40, 45.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50- £45.- £45.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53And how do I pay you, with onions or garlic, James?
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- Ooh, tempting, preferably cash, though! - HE LAUGHS
0:38:57 > 0:39:02Yes, that sale nets James a profit of nearly £18.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Now is the moment of truth for David and the Chinese inkwell
0:39:06 > 0:39:08that cost him nearly £91.
0:39:08 > 0:39:13Will it generate enough excitement at auction to bring a decent profit?
0:39:13 > 0:39:16The bidding starts at £100.
0:39:16 > 0:39:23At 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180...
0:39:23 > 0:39:25- WHISPERS: Come on!- ..190. 180 in the room.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29Come on! Give me the ins of it, come on!
0:39:29 > 0:39:30180, come on!
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- Ooh!- 180 -
0:39:35 > 0:39:40which after fees, gives David a healthy profit of just over £52.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44But still, profit is a profit but we didn't get the flyer.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48James Braxton has one last throw of the dealing dice.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51He has to make a huge profit on his painting of Ghent
0:39:51 > 0:39:57that was purchased for nearly £173 to take today's competition.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58Come in, come in.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01He's finally found a potential buyer in Eastbourne.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04A doctor called Alastair who collects fine art.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09- Now, this is best seen from afar. - Right, OK.- So push along there.- Yup.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12And I hope, I hope you like it. Here we go, here we go.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15One, two, three.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17- Very nice, lovely.- Is it? - Where is it?
0:40:17 > 0:40:20It's of Ghent, so this is Ghent Castle.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21Give me a doctor's opinion.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- I think it's lovely, actually. - Do you?- I really like it.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- Oh, right! - It's got lots going on...
0:40:26 > 0:40:29and I don't have a Dutch artist in the collection,
0:40:29 > 0:40:31so...that would be, you know, a nice addition to have
0:40:31 > 0:40:34and I can think of somewhere I can put that.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38- Fabulous, music to my ears, Alastair, music!- Excellent.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Well, well thought of, in terms of bringing it round.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45I want it, hoping to get, sort of, £300, something like that?
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Oh, that's a big asking price
0:40:48 > 0:40:50but will our Bingo be blessed with success?
0:40:50 > 0:40:51We'll find out shortly.
0:40:51 > 0:40:56First, though, let's recap on our second-hand sharpshooters' spending.
0:40:56 > 0:41:02Both David and James started the day with £750 of their own money.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06David spent nearly £323 on five items
0:41:06 > 0:41:10and James bought six items and spent just under £394.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15All the profit that David and James have made from today's challenge
0:41:15 > 0:41:18will be going to a charity of their choice.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21So, without further ado, let's find out who is today's
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion!
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- James Braxton!- David, how are you?- Very well!
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- Did we have a good time on our continental tour?- It was lovely.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- There were all sorts there, weren't there?- Yeah.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37And how did you get on with your tribal items, all right?
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Loved that bronze. I did very well with it.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Erm, it's gone to a very good home but I tell you what,
0:41:42 > 0:41:44that's one of the few things, James, that I handled,
0:41:44 > 0:41:47that I just wouldn't, under normal circumstances, sell.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49She just had something and I adored her!
0:41:49 > 0:41:51What else did you buy of interest there?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53I bought, I bought quite an expensive item.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56- I bought that picture, do you remember?- Yes, I do.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00- John van Deventer!- Ooh, that's scary because that, is he a known artist?
0:42:00 > 0:42:05He was a known artist, he's of Ghent and that picture, sort of 1930s.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Very bad news for me.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- That painting's going to kill me! Are you ready?- OK, count it down.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Three, two, one...
0:42:14 > 0:42:16- Doh, no, I!- What did you get?
0:42:16 > 0:42:20- Hey-hey!- A big fat lunch on you!
0:42:20 > 0:42:21HE LAUGHS
0:42:21 > 0:42:23What a close one!
0:42:23 > 0:42:26So, it must have been that painting
0:42:26 > 0:42:29that won it for Bingo in the final furlong. Let's find out.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33I want it, hoping to get, sort of, 300, something like that.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37- How do you feel about that? - I'm very happy to be £300 for it.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Alastair, thank you, you're a great friend!
0:42:40 > 0:42:41HE LAUGHS
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- That's great, thank you very much. - Thank you.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48A huge profit of over £127,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51the largest profit of the day seals it for Bingo.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52Back of the net!
0:42:52 > 0:42:56He was very clever in his buying and very clever in his selling.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00The painting was the thing that killed me.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03My most expensive item looked after me,
0:43:03 > 0:43:07the John van Deventer, that lovely flower market in Ghent.
0:43:07 > 0:43:08It came good.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11It's a short-lived victory though
0:43:11 > 0:43:14cos tomorrow our boys will be faced with an even tougher challenge -
0:43:14 > 0:43:17the showdown!
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