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

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

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I'm a double-your-money girl.

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And gives you the insider's view of the trade.

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You've got to be in it to win it.

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Each week, one pair of duelling dealers will face a different daily challenge.

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We've got some work to do. Let's go.

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Putting their own money and hard-earned reputations on the line

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as they see who can make the most money from buying and selling.

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Get in there!

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Sit up, pay heed, this is the battle to end all battles!

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-I want to spend a lot of money.

-It's the Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Showdown,

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the toughest challenge our antiques experts have faced yet.

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I'm rushing because people are packing up.

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Our daredevil dealers will be tested to the absolute limit as they are sent on a mission

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to scour the country and continent to track down the top treasures that they can sell on for the most money.

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To beat Mark, every fiver counts.

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Coming up, Mark Franks turns to dirty tricks in his bid for ultimate victory...

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-Make him pay!

-Mark Stacey finds British treasure on foreign soil...

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Anything to do with Nelson is collectable. The Beckham of his day, isn't he?

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And when it comes to selling their prize pieces, one of our boys makes an almighty four-figure profit.

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-I'm flying high.

-Yes!

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It promises to be a battle of epic proportions.

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-I'm about to pop my cork.

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

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This is the Showdown

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where our pedigree antiques professionals have to show exactly what they're made of

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as they go all out for massive profit margins and ultimate victory over their opponent.

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Our rummaging rivals are two of the trade's most esteemed experts.

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First up is Brighton's master of memorabilia, the duke of all things decorative,

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it's Mark "the Maverick" Stacey.

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-I'm running out of time. 40 euros?

-OK.

-Done.

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And in the opposing corner is the London lad who can turn trash into treasure

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and always packs a punchy profit.

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It's Mark "Franksy" Franks.

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-Will you please accept £10, pretty please?

-Do you know, if you'll go...

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This will be their toughest challenge,

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testing their nerve, skill and dealing know-how to the limit

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and only one will be the ultimate victor, so let battle begin.

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-Snap!

-Let's have a look.

-Shall I read the first bit?

-Go on.

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-"Welcome to your final and biggest challenge yet - the Showdown."

-OK.

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"You must each buy eight items during your regular Put Your Money challenges.

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"You have to buy two items at each event.

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"You can spend up to £1,000 of your own money."

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-Have you got £1,000? I've got mine.

-Check that baby out.

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-It's so you, isn't it? Flash the cash!

-Loads of...pound notes!

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"You can sell up to four items wherever you want."

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-I'm thinking south of France, Bahamas.

-Brazil?

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Brazil would be nice. "The remaining items will go into an auction. Choose your items wisely.

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"The winner will be the one who makes the most profit."

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-That'll be me.

-You won't be last. You'll be second.

-You are confident.

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-I'm always confident.

-Get away!

-Ta-ta!

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Both our trading titans know that the £1,000 of their own money that they have to spend

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must include any restoration repairs and buying fees.

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They'll be buying from their usual hunting grounds - a UK antiques market,

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an auction, a car boot sale

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and a foreign antiques market.

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It's going to be a fierce fight, but who will end up with the biggest profit?

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Our purchasing powerhouses are ready for Round 1

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and their field of battle is the Ford Airfield Car Boot Sale in Sussex

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where they'll be hoping to take off with the top treasures.

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Both of our fearless fighters need to take down two items and the Maverick is first to swoop

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as he homes in on some handsome, leather-bound volumes.

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These are quite fun. These are the old Punch newspapers, the satirical papers and the stories.

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They were so interesting that people used to have them bound.

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They're a wonderful snapshot of London life in the late 19th century, really.

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I quite like the little tooled gilt decoration here.

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The Maverick does a deal on all eight volumes for £30.

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Less than £5 a book. Now, is that a bargain...or not?

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I don't know, but I need to buy something, so 30 quid, we'll have them. Help!

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He may be taking a risk, but it's the first touch to the Maverick in this battle for a bargain.

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However, anything Mr Stacey can do, Mark Franks likes to think he can do better.

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I'll ask the price of these. They're quite nice. They're fairly modern.

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What I'm looking for on the base is to see if there's any scratches

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or digs or dents or signs of movement. There's none at all.

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-What's the price on the pair?

-They were 45 for the pair.

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£20...? Come on, give me a chance. You're very kind. Thank you.

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They cost a tenner each. There's got to be a profit. Mark Stacey, be very careful, old boy.

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Franksy is off the mark and isn't wasting any time.

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This car boot blue blood lines up his next item -

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a Bakelite clock.

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-Go on, 45.

-Deal.

-A well-timed deal and Franksy's got his second Showdown buy for £45.

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Come in, Maverick. This is the control tower.

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Your rival has all bought up and he's buzzed off.

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You need to proceed with haste and attempt to manoeuvre through your next deal. Roger, over and out!

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-I think those are amazing.

-Yeah.

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-Is that London with the Thames going through there?

-Yeah.

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The Maverick flies away with the wartime watercolours for £25.

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I hope I don't have to go through the Battle of Britain to sell those!

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It's the end of the first fight in this battle for ultimate glory.

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Our brave boys have gone for a real mix of memorabilia in this round,

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but how much have they parted with for their precious purchases so far?

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Both our boys started the Showdown with £1,000 of their own money to spend.

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So far, Mark Stacey has spent £55

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which means he has £945 left to play with.

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Mark Franks' items have cost him £65,

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leaving him £935 still to spend.

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And so Round 2 begins, the Auction.

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Our heavyweight hitters have been sent to Charterhouse Auctions in Dorset with one goal in mind -

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to each win two knock-out pieces to add to their Showdown arsenal.

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Mark Stacey, that prize-fighter of porcelain, is first to pounce

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on a pretty plate he thinks has real potential.

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It's what we call a barber's bowl,

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so you put it underneath like that when the barber was shaving you,

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so the drips go in there. It's a neat, handy idea.

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-CLANKING SOUND

-Sounds good as well.

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-Selling away at 60, at 60...

-Oh, God!

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9733.

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The Maverick bags the barber's bowl for £74.04, including fees.

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I'm getting terribly worried that I might have cut my own throat with that.

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No time for doubts now. Only the strong survive.

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The Maverick battles on and hopes to build his chances of victory

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by bidding on a mixed lot which includes a parasol and a cane.

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At 80. With me at £80. Any bids now? At 80.

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90. 100. 110. 120. At £120 now. 130.

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Oh, that's devious. Franksy's bidding. He's got no interest in the lot himself.

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He just wants to push the price up.

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At 160. £160. On the left then, selling at 160... 170.

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At £170 now. £170. Selling here at 170. Are you all sure at 170...?

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-BANGS GAVEL

-Make him pay!

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-I'm not happy at all about that.

-That says it all.

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Franksy has forced the price of the lot right up to £209.78, including fees.

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The Maverick will have to pull off some stellar selling if he wants to make a decent profit on this lot.

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The item that attracted me from this lot is this rather nice, elegant lady's parasol here.

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I'm sure it's silver-mounted. Nicely modelled is this stork's head or something like that.

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But what it came with as well is this. I'll put these down.

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This is the most interesting item. This is a gentleman's walking cane.

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And it's got this rather nice...

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I think continental, silver-mounted head on it in the form of a skull,

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then if you press there underneath,

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it opens up and you've got a little cavity in there.

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Anything to do with skulls... I know it sounds rather macabre, but it's really quite fashionable.

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The Maverick hopes he's buried Franksy's chances of victory today,

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so now it's up to the London lad to rise up and fight back.

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Come here, come here. Don't let anyone know what I'm looking at.

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That is a Biba panel.

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It came out of the offices of Biba, so the seller says.

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Biba was a clothes designer on the same time in the '60s as Mary Quant.

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One of their vintage dresses recently sold for in excess of £10,000.

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It's very, very desirable.

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Its estimate is 30 to 50 quid.

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It is beautiful. It's Art Deco.

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That would be worth an awful lot of money. If I can buy it under estimate, I've won. Simple as that.

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Hmm, bold claims from Franksy, but our boy needs to buy the piece first.

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Straight in at £100. £100. The bid's at 100.

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£100 I have. 110. 120. 130.

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140. 150. 160. 170. 180.

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190. 200. 220.

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240. 260. 280...

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At 280 here with me. I'll take 90 if it helps you?

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290. You look like you need it. £290 I have now, standing at 290.

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Standing far left at £290, it does it at 290...

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290, got the panel, over the moon. A lot more than I wanted to pay, but you win some, you lose some.

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290 plus commission.

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It'll be interesting to see what he gets for that.

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At £357.86 including fees,

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the panel has cost Franksy more than seven times its estimate.

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Our trader of treasures is risking a massive proportion of his Showdown budget on this one item.

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Perhaps a stiff drink is in order.

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Check this out. We've got three bottles of booze. Yes, booze is good news.

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OK, I'm not going to drink it. I want to buy it to sell it to make money.

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This bottle is the Prime Minister's Reserve, signed by Margaret Thatcher.

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How wonderful! And also you've got the House of Lords whisky as well.

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So you get three bottles in one lot.

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Now, whisky, wine, champagne, it always has and always will be a great investment.

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It's making big money.

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Yes, but only if you can get it for the right price, Mark.

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£20. Here at 20. With me at £20 and away. 5. 30.

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5. At £35 and away now. At £35. 40.

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5... £45. The bid is standing on my left at £45.

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Selling, going away at 45, at 45...

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-8899.

-Yes!

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That's it, I'm happy now. I've got Margaret Thatcher's autograph!

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Our Iron Lady-loving lad has won the bottles of spirits for £55.54, including fees.

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At that price, Mark hopes he can taste a profit.

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It's time to raise a toast to the end of Round 2.

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Both Showdown warriors have gone for big-money buys in this round,

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but will it be Franksy's panel or the Maverick's parasol and cane that conjures up the biggest profit?

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Our boys started out with £1,000 of their own money to spend

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and they've now bought four items each.

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Mark Stacey has now spent £338.82,

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leaving him £661.18 for the next two rounds.

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Mark Franks' items have cost him £478.40,

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which leaves him with £521.60 in his kitty.

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Time for Round 3, the UK Antiques Market

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and the pressure on our antiques gladiators is building.

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They're foraging for the right finds at Malvern Antiques Fair and with all sorts on offer

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from cheap and cheerful knick-knacks to top end antiques, picking the right pieces can make the difference

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between absolute victory and diabolical defeat.

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Franksy is on fire and quick to clock a potential buy.

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-How much is it?

-It's 450 quid.

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The arch dial movement, eight-day works is in pretty good order.

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It wants sorting out. I mean...

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-Could you take the top off and let me have a look?

-Sure.

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-It's a nice-looking clock, actually.

-It's got to be a couple of hundred years old.

-Yeah.

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CHIMES

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-Oh, I like that.

-It's lovely, isn't it?

-I like that.

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-Right, OK.

-If you had time to do it up, you'd get good money out of it.

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-Can you do a bit better, just give me a chance?

-380. I can't do any better.

-360 and my hand's there.

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-380 and you can take it away.

-I'll meet you in the middle, 370.

-Go on.

-What a lovely man! Thank you.

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The stakes have just been raised in this final fight to the death

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as the London lad gambles more than half his remaining cash on the grandfather clock.

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Fingers crossed, that'll turn into 870.

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Mark Stacey needs to strike back and double quick,

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so what can Brighton's magician of memorabilia pull out of his hat?

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It's actually a letter-opener in the novelty form of a meat skewer.

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Nice, big hallmarks on here.

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The Maverick also spies a bottle knife.

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Antique bone, 1880.

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You've got to look at condition. Just because the bone is broken, it slightly holds me back.

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-I don't know what I'm doing, but I'll do it. 75.

-Brilliant.

-Thank you.

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He does a deal on the bottle knife for £60 and the letter knife for 15.

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I really like these items. This is a bit of ordinariness, really,

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but it's nicely made and I'm sure any person would love to open their tax bill with that.

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This is really interesting.

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It's not in the best of condition, but I love the fact it's a little champagne bottle.

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Surely, there must be champagne lovers out there who'd love it, maybe a local vineyard.

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Franksy hopes to put a big, fat stopper in the Maverick's dreams of Showdown success.

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How much is your boot-scrape?

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He has spotted a cast-iron boot-scraper which he walks away with for £45.

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That is beautiful.

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It's a Victorian... Not reproduction. Victorian boot-scraper.

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There would have been one outside each house

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because we didn't have really nice roads and pavements in Victorian times.

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You'd scrape your boots on it before you go indoors.

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That is a cracking item. 45 quid, money well spent!

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In this round, the Maverick racked up his two items in just one deal

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and Franksy has blown big money on the grandfather clock and the boot-scraper.

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So who is still flush with cash in this Showdown spectacular

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and who is in danger of being broke?

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From his £1,000 budget, Mark Stacey has spent £413.82,

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leaving £586.18 to spend, more than half his budget,

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and there's just one round to go.

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Mark Franks has spent a whopping £893.40 so far,

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leaving him with just £106.60 for Round 4.

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And so begins the final round

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in this clash of the antiques trading titans.

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It's time for our brave boys to say "bonjour" to the Foreign Antiques Market.

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Our duelling duo are in Paris at the market of Porte de Vanves

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where every weekend, nearly 400 sellers offer up a vast range of wares.

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This is the last chance our buying banditos get to ride away with the deal

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that will guarantee Showdown victory.

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Our Brighton Belter is scouting for potential targets.

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-# Rule, Britannia... #

-And spots something that heralds from home soil.

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This is a coloured print of the funeral barge

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of Lord Nelson.

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Wonderful thing, isn't it?

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Very British, of course, very good for an auction. The condition is not brilliant.

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But it's 1806. Anything to do with Nelson is extremely collectable.

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He's almost the sort of Beckham of his day, really.

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He had such a huge following, Nelson.

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110...

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Cash, and we'll shake hands, yes?

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OK.

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The Maverick does a deal on the print

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for the equivalent of £100.

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I'm very pleased with that deal and I'm going to repatriate Nelson back to the UK.

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GLASS CLINKS

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Lovely, lovely ring.

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There are some lovely flaws in the bottom of that.

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Hmm, Franksy sounds keen.

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About 100 years old. If you're going to drink a glass of wine, drink it out of that.

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Le dernier prix?

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Je prefere douze.

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-Je prefere dix.

-OK, dix.

-C'est bon, c'est vendu?

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Franksy gets the glass for ten euros. That's £9.09.

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Time is running out on this buying bonanza. Both our boys have just one last chance

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to plunder that final purchase that can make all the difference.

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Is Mark Stacey about to gallop off with his final buy?

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-How much is this?

-Quarante-cinq.

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45 euros - about £40 for a knackered old horse,

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fit for the knacker's yard.

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I don't even know how old it is, but it's probably 1920s.

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I do rather like him, you know. He is rather fun, isn't he?

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Madame, 40, yes?

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Despite its condition, the Maverick trots off with the horse for £36.36.

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Actually, every time I hold it, something else falls off.

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# Je suis un rock star... #

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Franksy has a good time wherever he goes and soon strikes his final deal of the day

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on a faux leather-covered chair for £18.18.

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1950s, this is so in vogue. This is really where it's at.

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Can you imagine this in a students' flat?

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Plastic...fantastic!

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That's it - Round 4 is over and all the Showdown items have been snapped up.

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Our purchasing prize-fighters have thrown all the punches they can in their bid for greatness.

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Mark Stacey has spent big on that Nelson print while Mark Franks has kept it cheap and cheerful,

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but how will these items prove their worth when it comes to selling?

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Our rummaging rivals each started out with £1,000 of their own money to spend.

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Mark "the Maverick" Stacey has been cautious with his cash

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and ends up having spent just £550.18 of his budget.

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Mark "Franksy" Franks has gone all out in his bid for victory

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and finishes, having spent £920.67.

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With a temporary truce in the hostilities,

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it's time for our chaps to size up each other's spoils of war.

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-Feeling a little "horse", are you?

-Oh... I love it. He's growing on me.

0:21:340:21:38

-Should this go to auction or privately?

-There's a lot of collectors for that.

-Yeah.

0:21:380:21:44

-It was ten euros. There's got to be a profit somewhere.

-I think so.

0:21:440:21:49

I'll put the horse and the Nelson picture into auction.

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-Both of those will appeal to a private and a trade market.

-Is it wood?

-No, it's papier-mache.

0:21:520:21:58

I'm not 100% convinced on the other stuff. There's a lot to do.

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-The buying's quite easy. The selling is hard.

-Yeah, but we've done it. We've bought all our lots now.

0:22:020:22:08

-Let the hard work begin.

-Yes, good luck. We need it.

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Bagging the buys was just the start of today's ultimate challenge.

0:22:150:22:20

Mark and Mark now need to think strategically,

0:22:200:22:24

hit their phones and start selling their hard-won wonders.

0:22:240:22:28

But the Showdown sell-off has a twist - the auction.

0:22:280:22:32

Mr Franks and Mr Stacey must put half their items under the hammer

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and watch helplessly as their profit pots fill to the brim

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or they lose everything they've worked so hard for.

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Strategy is now more important than ever, so down on the south coast, what's the Maverick's plan?

0:22:440:22:51

This is it, my final showdown. I am pleased with the items I've bought.

0:22:530:22:57

The champagne knife, I think I'm going to sell that to someone in a vineyard.

0:22:570:23:02

The paper knife, I'm trying to sell it privately because although it's a nice object,

0:23:020:23:08

there's no guarantee it will make a huge amount of money at auction.

0:23:080:23:12

I love this dish. It's a Japanese, Imari pattern barber's bowl.

0:23:120:23:17

I'm going to try and find a private buyer.

0:23:170:23:20

The umbrella and the walking cane, those will be sold privately.

0:23:200:23:25

The rest is in the lap of the gods, but I'm optimistic, I've got a good selection.

0:23:250:23:30

I'm even more optimistic because I know what the competition's bought.

0:23:300:23:35

So a confident Maverick thinks he's got the edge on his rival.

0:23:350:23:40

As well as sending his toy horse to auction, Mark is putting the print of Nelson's funeral barge,

0:23:400:23:46

the wartime watercolours and the Punch magazine volumes under the hammer.

0:23:460:23:51

Up in the Big Smoke, the Maverick's arch-enemy is already working hard

0:23:530:23:57

to unload his antiques arsenal and vanquish the Brighton boy once and for all.

0:23:570:24:02

I bought in France a 1950s chair.

0:24:020:24:06

It was in great condition.

0:24:060:24:09

Also I bought a wine glass for a tenner. That should make a profit.

0:24:090:24:13

The Biba panel at the auction, I had a funny feeling about that.

0:24:130:24:18

It's in good condition, so it should sell itself.

0:24:180:24:22

The whisky - I don't know anything about booze, but I do know there's money in that.

0:24:220:24:28

I hope to find the right buyer. That's what it's all about.

0:24:280:24:31

That leaves Franksy with the items he's putting into the auction -

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the Bakelite clock, the boot-scraper,

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the grandfather clock and the pair of decorative glass ornaments.

0:24:380:24:43

But before the auction, our duelling dealers need to find buyers for their other items,

0:24:430:24:48

knowing that no deal is truly done until they get that all-important handshake.

0:24:480:24:54

It's the Maverick who's first into the fray.

0:24:540:24:58

He's come to Hove, hoping for a sale of his skull walking cane.

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It was part of a lot that Mark bought at auction with the parasol

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and the entire lot cost him £209.78.

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So will this unusual example impress walking cane collector Enrico?

0:25:100:25:15

Well, I do love that cane.

0:25:170:25:19

I have been looking for one of these for quite some period of time.

0:25:190:25:24

I really honestly believe

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that this, at one particular point in time, had a watch movement in it

0:25:270:25:32

and that's why you have the void.

0:25:320:25:35

I'm very pleased with that.

0:25:350:25:37

If I can find a watch movement to fit in there, it'll enhance the value considerably.

0:25:370:25:43

I was going to try and get in the region of £250.

0:25:430:25:48

-I will make you an offer of 240.

-That's fine. I'm absolutely thrilled with that.

0:25:480:25:54

-So good seeing you again.

-And you. Thank you, Enrico.

0:25:540:25:57

I'm walking on sunshine because I've just made £30 profit on the cane

0:25:570:26:02

and I've still got the umbrella to go, so I'm ready to rock.

0:26:020:26:07

Someone's perky! It's a phenomenal first sale for the Maverick.

0:26:070:26:11

He sells the other half of the lot, the parasol, to collector Susan.

0:26:110:26:15

It gives him a total profit on the lot of £100.22

0:26:150:26:19

and Mr Stacey's profits are soaring.

0:26:190:26:23

I'm flying high.

0:26:230:26:26

It's a stupendous start from the Maverick,

0:26:260:26:29

but his rival has realised he's got a bit of a problem with his vintage chair.

0:26:290:26:34

1950s - as nice as you like.

0:26:340:26:37

I bought it in Paris and my heart ruled my head.

0:26:370:26:40

I didn't take into account the simple law of Great Britain.

0:26:400:26:45

You cannot sell a chair that is post-1950 unless it's got a fire safety label.

0:26:450:26:51

This hasn't, so unfortunately, I can't sell it.

0:26:510:26:54

I know the law. I just forgot. I fell in love with it.

0:26:540:26:57

So this chair, I'm afraid, will have to go. It's a no-show.

0:26:570:27:01

Having realised that he can't sell the chair, Franksy starts with a loss of £18.18.

0:27:020:27:09

But this London lad is a battler

0:27:100:27:13

and with the ultimate prize to fight for, he's not about to give up at the first hurdle.

0:27:130:27:18

He has come to London's South Bank to a shop selling high-end whisky

0:27:180:27:23

to see if manager Alex is interested in buying the bottles of whisky and port

0:27:230:27:28

which he paid just under £56 for at auction.

0:27:280:27:31

What about this? I was really excited by this.

0:27:320:27:35

This is actually a single malt, bottled back in the early '80s, possibly late '70s,

0:27:350:27:41

made by a distillery called Glenlivet.

0:27:410:27:44

It has a slightly blurred signature going on there - "..ret H That..."

0:27:440:27:49

-Yeah.

-I think we know who that may be.

0:27:490:27:52

In perfect condition, this might be worth a reasonable amount of money.

0:27:520:27:57

That problem we have here is what we call the fill level.

0:27:570:28:01

This is well below the shoulder here.

0:28:010:28:04

This sort of thing happens with older whiskies.

0:28:040:28:07

If you don't have a good seal on the top of the bottle, it will evaporate over time in the bottle.

0:28:070:28:12

But as an interesting old piece, it's worth a little bit.

0:28:120:28:16

This doesn't really have much value at all.

0:28:160:28:19

-And that's port.

-I'll put the port away.

0:28:190:28:23

All right, so if we're looking at both of these together, I could offer you £250.

0:28:230:28:29

-Is there any chance you can do a bit better?

-280?

0:28:290:28:32

Would 350 be too much?

0:28:340:28:37

-300.

-310?

0:28:370:28:39

-310.

-You're a gentleman, absolute gentleman.

0:28:390:28:43

Yes!

0:28:440:28:45

What a profit!

0:28:450:28:47

When he opened that up and there was half of it missing, I thought he would say, "I'll give you 30 quid."

0:28:470:28:53

I am so pleased, you can't imagine. Hallelujah!

0:28:530:28:57

Franksy is over the moon with that deal on the whisky

0:28:570:29:01

and he goes on to sell the bottle of port to his friend Rex,

0:29:010:29:05

giving him a final profit on the entire lot of £310. Bottoms up!

0:29:050:29:10

Such a huge profit will be a body blow to Mr Stacey, but the Brighton Bruiser fights back

0:29:100:29:16

by selling the barber's bowl to a local hotelier Neil for a profit of £105.96.

0:29:160:29:23

The knives are most definitely out in this competition.

0:29:230:29:27

With a determined look about him, the Maverick makes his way to Kent,

0:29:270:29:32

his mind racing with plans for his novelty bottle knife.

0:29:320:29:37

I'm positively fizzing with excitement.

0:29:370:29:39

I'm about to pop my cork because I think I've found the perfect buyer

0:29:390:29:44

for my champagne pen-knife.

0:29:440:29:46

-How are you?

-The bottle knife cost Mark £60 at the boot fair,

0:29:460:29:50

but will wine-maker David be willing to offer him more?

0:29:500:29:54

-Oh, my God, it's so small!

-Small is beautiful.

0:29:540:29:58

-I thought it was something for getting the cork out.

-It's for cutting the top of the bottle off.

0:29:580:30:04

Oh! I think it's French, late 19th century.

0:30:040:30:08

-I've never seen anything like this.

-I think you're rather taken with it.

0:30:080:30:12

-I am.

-You rather like it?

-Yes.

0:30:120:30:14

I think I would go to something like 275.

0:30:140:30:18

-I'd be delighted to shake your hand and accept it.

-OK.

0:30:180:30:22

Oh, that's extraordinary - a whopping profit of £215 on the sale of the bottle opener!

0:30:220:30:28

Now go and put the kettle on.

0:30:280:30:30

Both our boys are generating some spectacular profits in their bid for Showdown glory

0:30:300:30:35

and right now, it could be anybody's game.

0:30:350:30:39

Mark Franks has plans to sell his wine glass.

0:30:390:30:42

It cost him £9.09 in Paris and he's now brought it to his friend Rob to see if he can cut a deal.

0:30:420:30:49

It's probably late Georgian, very early Victorian,

0:30:490:30:53

so it's probably kicking on for 200 years old.

0:30:530:30:56

-The cheapest bottle of wine would taste fantastic out of there.

-It is nice. What do you want for it?

0:30:560:31:02

25 quid. How does that grab you?

0:31:020:31:05

-12.50.

-Wow! Shall we call it The How Low Can We Go Show?

0:31:050:31:09

-LAUGHTER I tell you what.

-Go on.

0:31:090:31:12

We'll cut the cards. Highest card wins.

0:31:120:31:15

If Mark cuts the highest card, Rob pays him £15 for the glass.

0:31:150:31:20

If Rob cuts the higher card, Mark gets just £12.50.

0:31:200:31:25

Yes!

0:31:250:31:27

Franksy's luck is in and he makes a profit of £5.91 on the glass.

0:31:280:31:33

-You're a star. Thank you.

-Thank you.

0:31:330:31:36

Down on the south coast, the Maverick is now headed to Hove,

0:31:360:31:40

hoping for a sale of the letter-opener he bought for £15 at the antiques fair.

0:31:400:31:45

He'll really have to go the extra mile when he meets potential buyer Edward.

0:31:450:31:50

It looks like our prime specimen will do anything to win this Showdown.

0:31:500:31:55

Edward, you are so difficult to pin down. I've had to track you down to the gym.

0:31:550:32:01

I sent you a photograph of this lovely letter-opener and you said you might be interested in it.

0:32:010:32:07

-I did. It is lovely.

-It's silver. It's hallmarked for Birmingham, 1972.

0:32:070:32:13

You can slice open letters with ease and with quality.

0:32:130:32:16

-If you leave me to get on with my workout, I'll give you 40.

-Thank you.

0:32:160:32:21

-Now leave me to my workout.

-I will. See you later.

0:32:210:32:25

The Maverick might not be quite in Edward's league, but when it comes to dealing, he's a natural,

0:32:250:32:31

netting a profit of £25 on the letter-opener.

0:32:310:32:34

I don't think I've had to work so hard for a profit before,

0:32:340:32:38

but I did get the full asking price, so I should be relieved. I'm off for a jog now!

0:32:380:32:43

Cor, look at him go(!)

0:32:440:32:46

It's halfway in this race for profit and time to see

0:32:460:32:50

who is lagging behind and who is putting in a championship performance.

0:32:500:32:55

So far, Mark "the Maverick" Stacey has done five deals

0:32:550:33:00

and made an impressive profit of £446.18.

0:33:000:33:04

Mark "Franksy" Franks has had a loss on his chair,

0:33:040:33:08

but his two other deals have made him a profit of £297.73.

0:33:080:33:13

The hard graft of hunting down buyers must now come to a pause.

0:33:140:33:19

Our two boys are entering the dreaded auction phase of selling.

0:33:190:33:23

It's an arena where they have no control and they're in the hands of the auctioneer and his customers.

0:33:230:33:30

Before their prize purchases go under the hammer, what do our duelling duo really think?

0:33:300:33:36

I've got to be honest.

0:33:360:33:38

If he wipes his mouth, gets his money back with these, he's had a result.

0:33:380:33:43

I don't want 'em.

0:33:430:33:45

This is one of Mark Franks' lots. I rather like these.

0:33:450:33:48

I think they'll appeal to a modern market.

0:33:480:33:52

He should do all right with those.

0:33:520:33:54

First up under the hammer is the Maverick's toy horse.

0:33:560:34:00

He paid £36.36 for it in France, but will it gallop away with a profit here?

0:34:000:34:05

-All he needs is a tail. 20 quid for him?

-Come on.

0:34:050:34:08

20 quid I'm bid. 22. 25. 28.

0:34:080:34:11

30. 5. 40. 5.

0:34:110:34:13

50. 5. 60. At 60 now.

0:34:130:34:16

-It's a profit.

-At £60.

-Come on, a bit more.

0:34:160:34:19

65. 70. Back with you at 70.

0:34:190:34:22

-5 anywhere else?

-Come on.

-At £70.

0:34:220:34:24

Done and finished at 70...

0:34:240:34:27

-That's not bad, is it?

-Is that a profit?

-I paid about 36 for it.

0:34:280:34:32

So I think that is a profit, Mark, isn't it?

0:34:320:34:35

Much to Franksy's surprise, Mr Stacey trots off with a profit

0:34:350:34:40

after auction costs of £19.78.

0:34:400:34:42

Giddy-up!

0:34:420:34:45

Next up is Franksy's grandfather clock.

0:34:450:34:47

He paid a mighty £370 for it at the antiques fair, so he'll need to get a cracking price here

0:34:470:34:54

if he's to turn any profit after fees.

0:34:540:34:58

At 320. 330. 340. At 340.

0:34:580:35:01

350. 360. At 360.

0:35:010:35:03

Done and finished then at 360. Nobody else...?

0:35:030:35:07

-Oh, Mark! Oh, dear!

-LAUGHTER

0:35:070:35:09

-It's not funny!

-LAUGHTER GETS LOUDER

0:35:090:35:13

Perhaps I should have bought an old donkey like you did.

0:35:130:35:17

You could have doubled your money!

0:35:170:35:20

Well, the Maverick thinks it's hilarious, but Franksy's made a loss of £86.29 after fees.

0:35:210:35:27

Can the Maverick do better with his next item...

0:35:270:35:30

-Lot 237.

-..the print of Nelson's funeral barge?

0:35:300:35:34

It cost him £100 in France, but can he sail away with a good profit here?

0:35:340:35:39

95. 100. 100. And 10. 110 now. 120?

0:35:390:35:43

-You must be happy.

-120...

-No, I've only broken even on that.

0:35:430:35:47

-125 here. 130.

-Now you're into profit.

0:35:470:35:50

-£130...

-That's cheap, actually.

0:35:500:35:52

Although the print went for £130 under the hammer,

0:35:520:35:55

after costs, the Maverick is left with a slight loss of 75 pence.

0:35:550:36:01

Finished and done at £20...

0:36:020:36:04

And he also makes a loss on the wartime watercolours of £11.36.

0:36:040:36:10

-How much did you make?

-I lost.

-That's a shame(!)

0:36:110:36:14

It's two losses in a row for poor Mark Stacey.

0:36:140:36:17

Can he turn it all around with his next lot, the volumes of Punch magazine?

0:36:170:36:23

-At 40.

-Go on, two more.

-42.

0:36:230:36:25

The lady at 42. 45. They're back at 45.

0:36:250:36:29

-At £45.

-Come on!

-Here at 45...

0:36:290:36:31

BANGS GAVEL

0:36:310:36:33

The Maverick has made a small profit of £7.44 on the volumes after costs

0:36:330:36:38

and with that, all his items have been sold.

0:36:380:36:42

-I'm amazed!

-I'm not. I had every faith in those.

0:36:420:36:46

That just leaves Franksy's last lots.

0:36:460:36:49

It goes at 40...

0:36:490:36:52

He makes a loss of £12.92 on the Bakelite clock.

0:36:520:36:56

I can't help it if the rest of the world haven't got the same quality taste that I've got.

0:36:560:37:01

I'm glad the rest of the world HAS taste!

0:37:010:37:04

Can Franksy do any better with his boot-scraper that cost him £45 at the antiques fair?

0:37:040:37:10

When I saw it, I thought of you. It's rustic, a bit cream-crackered and I think it'll do all right.

0:37:100:37:16

55. 60.

0:37:160:37:18

-At 60. It's against you at £60... 65.

-Oh, it's going up.

-With the lady at 65.

0:37:180:37:24

The lady's bid of 65. Nothing on the net. Nobody else?

0:37:240:37:28

-GAVEL BANGS

-Congratulations, Mr Franks. You've finally made a profit!

0:37:280:37:33

Franksy scrapes a profit of £7.13 on the boot-scraper after costs.

0:37:330:37:39

-It goes then at £30...

-And also makes a small profit of £3.46 on the decorative glass ornaments.

0:37:390:37:46

I'm so pleased to make a profit.

0:37:460:37:48

It's been a tough old day in the auction room for both our boys, but this Showdown battle isn't over yet.

0:37:480:37:56

The one thing that Mark Stacey does not know is I've still got my panel which came out of the Biba shop.

0:37:560:38:02

I'm still waiting to sell that and only time will tell

0:38:020:38:06

whether or not I make a load of money on it and trounce him

0:38:060:38:10

or whether there's still a chance that he may beat me. Watch this space!

0:38:100:38:15

Mark Franks is taking the panel to Christie's Auction House in London,

0:38:150:38:19

hoping that expert Joy can tell him more about it.

0:38:190:38:22

So is this the premium piece that he hopes it is?

0:38:220:38:27

I think it's fantastic. It's a panel by Walter Gilbert.

0:38:270:38:31

It was designed for Derry & Toms department store

0:38:310:38:36

and this would have been part of a frieze above the elevator shaft.

0:38:360:38:41

This, I think, is the real deal. Do you? You've had a good look at it.

0:38:410:38:45

Yes, I'm quite happy with what I look at.

0:38:450:38:48

There's good signs of age. It's nicely cast.

0:38:480:38:52

This is a zinc example

0:38:520:38:55

that's then gilt.

0:38:550:38:57

There's been some later drilling, but overall, I'm quite comfortable with it.

0:38:570:39:03

Tell me about Walter Gilbert. What light can you shed on him?

0:39:030:39:07

-You have seen his work before.

-No, I haven't.

-You have.

-Have I?

0:39:070:39:11

-He was responsible for the gates of Buckingham Palace.

-No?

0:39:120:39:16

So, yes, his credentials are firmly established.

0:39:160:39:20

Having had the panel authenticated, Mark now takes it to a dealer he knows in East Sussex.

0:39:200:39:26

He paid £357.86 for the panel at auction.

0:39:260:39:30

So his first hope is that Jeroen likes what he sees.

0:39:300:39:35

I think it's absolutely fantastic.

0:39:370:39:39

If Christie's have said that they think it is a genuine piece and not a copy,

0:39:390:39:45

then obviously, I'm interested in it.

0:39:450:39:47

The only reservations I have are the rivets here where there were lugs

0:39:470:39:52

that went on the top and the bottom to house the piece.

0:39:520:39:55

They've put some drill marks in here for screws to hold it on to a wall.

0:39:550:40:00

Otherwise, the patination looks good.

0:40:000:40:02

I love the design. I think the design is stunning and on somebody's wall it will look absolutely fantastic.

0:40:020:40:09

Jeroen is keen, but will he offer Franksy a price he'll be happy with

0:40:090:40:13

and will it be enough to beat the Maverick?

0:40:130:40:16

All will soon be revealed.

0:40:160:40:18

Our duelling dealers each started the contest with £1,000 of their own money to spend.

0:40:180:40:24

Mark Stacey spent £550.18 on his eight Showdown items...

0:40:240:40:29

..while Mark Franks finished having spent £920.67.

0:40:310:40:36

But the only thing that matters now is who has made the most profit.

0:40:370:40:41

All of the money that the two Marks have made today will be going to charities of their choice,

0:40:410:40:48

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

0:40:480:40:54

-Isn't it nice?

-Yes. Will you play us a tune?

-Only if you're a good boy.

0:40:540:40:58

-I loved the Showdown. Didn't you?

-No, I hated it because you wiped the floor with me at the auction.

0:40:580:41:03

I rather liked watching you squirming a bit. What about the plaque?

0:41:030:41:08

-The big panel? That did OK.

-There's a twinkle in your eye, something you're not telling me!

0:41:080:41:14

-I'll tell you in a minute.

-Do I really want to open this?

-Yeah, come on. Go!

0:41:140:41:19

-That's a good amount.

-Oh, hang on!

0:41:190:41:21

You made £2,851?

0:41:210:41:24

Yeah, yeah.

0:41:240:41:26

A small profit(!)

0:41:270:41:29

It's not often the Maverick is lost for words,

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but it was indeed the panel that won it for Franksy.

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-Give me your "bestest, bestest" offer and I'll put my hand out ready to shake.

-Absolute best?

-Yeah.

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-Three grand.

-Go on then.

-Thank you very much.

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Franksy's homework getting the panel authenticated paid off big style

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and he walked away with a magnificent profit of £2,642.14

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and Showdown victory.

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But that's not all.

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Our experts have been building up their profit pots over a week of challenges

0:42:020:42:07

and it's now time to find out who's won overall.

0:42:070:42:10

-How did we do on the week?

-I think I know how YOU did on the week!

-Ready? Go.

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-Wow! That's a good amount of money.

-I'm really pleased and my charity will be,

0:42:170:42:22

-but that's fantastic.

-Between us, we've made £5,000.

-That's not bad.

0:42:220:42:26

-It's nearly a week's pocket money. Let me buy you a glass of something very nice.

-And expensive!

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That's a mighty victory for Franksy in the end. Both Mark and Mark have made fantastic profits.

0:42:320:42:38

All that money will go to their chosen charities.

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My charity is The Oliver Curd Trust, a local charity to me who specialise in offering holiday opportunities

0:42:410:42:47

to kids suffering from terminal illnesses and their families to get some much needed time together.

0:42:470:42:53

Tadworth Children's Trust is my chosen charity,

0:42:530:42:57

the reason being that they do a lot of good work with children that are really ill,

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so to be able to give them a decent amount of money makes me feel pretty good.

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It's been a week of no-holds-barred combat. Mark and Mark have both put their money where their mouths are

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and proved that they can make big profits from antiques when their own money is on the line.

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