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this is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth is,

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the show that pitches TV's best loved antiques experts against each other

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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 insiders' 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

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will face a different daily challenge. Lovely!

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We've got some work to do.

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Putting their own money and their 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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Get ready for a rip-roaring rollercoaster ride.

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-Fifteen!

-No, no!

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It's the Put Your Money Where Your Mouth showdown!

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The greatest challenge our experts have faced yet.

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Our sparring Spartans of the antiques trade

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will be tested to the absolute limit.

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Go away!

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That's very cruel!

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As their challenge to scour the length and breadth of the country

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and continent to find antiques and collectables to sell on for profit.

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-Coming up: Charlie shows why they call him 'the charmer'.

-Two kisses!

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It's a tough day at the office for Katherine the Great.

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That was the longest deal I have ever done in my entire life.

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What rubbish have you got there?

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And broadcaster Peter Snow gives Charlie a tough time.

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-You won't take 10?

-No.

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It's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

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Welcome to the showdown.

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Pitting two of our most highly honed antiques experts

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against each other in the ultimate of challenges.

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Our intrepid warriors are two of the antiques world's

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most prestigious professionals.

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It's the Titian Titan of 20th-century collectables...

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Going up against our dapper debonair don of the auctioneering world...

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This colossal challenge will test their knowledge

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and stamina to the absolute limits,

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so let's find out what's in store.

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-Katherine!

-Mr Ross.

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-How are you?

-I'm ready for action.

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Have you got a little envelope?

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-I've got a big envelope.

-Open it.

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I don't know what your says, mine says: "Katherine and Charlie.

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Welcome to your final and biggest challenge yet.

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-The showdown.

-Da-da-dum!

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

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You have to buy two at each event.

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

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You can each sell up to 4 items

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wherever you want.

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The remaining items will go into an auction.

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Your auction is in Gloucestershire, approximately 12 weeks from now,

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in direct competition with your opponent.

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-That's me.

-Beware.

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Choose your items wisely, because the winner

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will be the one who makes the most profit.

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-Me!

-Me.

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-I'm off to spend my £1,000!

-Bye!

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Both our antiques giants have £1,000 of their own money to spend

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including any restoration, repairs and buying fees.

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So, it's a fierce competition, but who will make the most profit?

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My time is seriously running out.

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I simply can't stop!

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Our battling bargaineers must buy two items

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at each of their usual hunting grounds.

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A UK antiques fair,

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an auction,

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a car boot sale

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and a foreign antiques market.

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First up, is the Battersea car boot sale in London.

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Our duelling duo meet at high noon

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in the shadow of that famous powerstation

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to battle their way through a sea of stalls.

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Of all the buying environments,

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this one should have the cheapest items

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and therefore, could also offer the biggest potential profit margin.

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Which of our boot sale buccaneers will be first to grab a buy?

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19th-century pot lids.

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Prattware, Staffordshire, printed figures

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and here we have another one.

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This looks like the village fair or something like that.

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And I will ask the price,

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in the hope that they're very cheap! How much are they?

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-They're not very cheap at all.

-They're not very cheap?

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-Everything's relative. How much are they?

-£20 each.

-£20 each?

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Would you take £20 for the two of them? For me?

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-No, no.

-£30 for the two?

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-25?

-No,28.

-28 for the two?

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-And go away!

-Go away?

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That's very cruel to say that to an old man! I'll have those for 28.

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So, The Charmer's away and that's an uppercut

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that Katherine The Great didn't see coming.

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But Charlie is merciless

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and swiftly lands another punch.

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Punch cartoon books.

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1875.

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They're great, great reading.

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What some people do, which is a bit of a crime of course,

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is that they cut out these and put them in frames.

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How much would you like for these?

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-I don't know. Make me an offer on them.

-Fiver?

-For the two?

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-Yeah.

-No - a fiver each and you can have them.

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-I think I could sell them for ten quid, possibly 15 quid.

-Each?

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-No, no if I could sell them for 10 quid each...

-Eight quid, then.

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Eight pounds? Its history isn't it?

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It's history.

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And I'm going to spend eight quid on my two Punch annuals.

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And the charmer's got two buys in his pocket

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before the Great One's even got her purse out.

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But, Katherine could be about to enter the fray.

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We're in the Interwar period, we're with Myott,

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a British pottery firm, here, but in my mind,

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it's the firm that's maybe

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the next Clarice Cliff

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and I think it's an underrated firm.

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And while Charlie's been sure about his purchases,

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our Red Queen is in a spin,

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with so much pottery to choose from, our heroine is in a haze of confusion.

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Instead of choosing just two, she buys three!

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Hang on!

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That's against the rules!

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The rules say that I'm only allowed to buy two pieces

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at each event for my showdown.

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OK, so one, two, three.

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I've gone wrong already. OK, sorry Charlie!

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What I'm going to do is

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keep two pieces for my showdown,

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this jug and this jug.

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And give that to my mother.

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And then I haven't broken the rules at all! Back on track.

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So, with the £30 cost of the jug for her mum set aside,

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Katherine has shelled out £145 in total

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for the two remaining pieces of pottery.

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With two items apiece,

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let's see how much our booty bandits have spent so far.

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They each had a budget of £1,000 of their own money to spend.

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Charlie 'The Charmer' Ross has started stealthily,

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spending only £36,

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leaving him a very healthy £964

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for his remaining six purchases.

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Katherine 'The Great' Higgins splashed out a bit for a boot fair.

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£145 for her two items,

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leaving her with £855 to spend.

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They've both saved the lion's share of their lucre for later,

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which is good news, because they've got three rounds to get through.

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And so, to round two. The auction.

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And it's time for our mighty marauders to cross swords

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at Sworder's saleroom in the Essex town of Stansted Mountfichet.

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With a mammoth 845 lots there for the taking,

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it's who dares wins as they aim to bag two more items

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for their showdown spectacular.

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With his decades of experience, bashing the gavel,

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this is The Charmer's home territory.

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But how will he fare on the other side of the hammer?

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And can our thoroughly modern mistress of miscellanea give him a run for his money?

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As the auction bangs into action,

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The Charmer is first to make a move,

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bagging some Victoriana, by bidding on an oak stationery cabinet.

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-Thank you, sir. 507.

-Thank you. That'll do.

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So, The Charmer takes home the stationery cabinet

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for £173.60, including commission.

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I'm thrilled with this lot.

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It's late Victorian,

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or even just Edwardian.

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It has got here, a registration number,

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so we can date it to the nearest year,

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but what I like about it

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is the quality - A and the condition - B.

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And look what it does.

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You've got the most wonderful writing slope here,

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you've got an extra little compartment under there

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and these swing out

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and provide you with more space.

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It's just as the day it was made.

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-Charlie, clearly delighted by his old school stationery piece.

-Nice thing.

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But what does the Great Lady make of it?

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Charlie, what's this?

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You know, everyone's got them.

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When did you last write a letter?

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So, a damning verdict from our mistress of the modern.

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She's clearly up for a scrap

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and she's prepared to go to any lengths to secure a victory,

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including buying something really old.

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An 18th-century print, which she gets for £55.80,

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including commission.

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This is a remarkable picture, for so little money.

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I must be able to make a profit on it.

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With her first buy bagged, the Great One

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is audaciously straying further into Charmer territory,

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with her next choice. A piece of furniture she eyed up earlier.

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It's described as a small Victorian sofa on turned legs.

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It doesn't say three turned legs but it actually has got turned legs

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but one caster missing. No estimate.

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That means effectively to go. That means it hasn't got a reserve.

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It could go for anything. It could go for £5, £10.

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That's the kind of attractive sign to me,

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that I could get it quite cheap.

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And as the hammer goes down, it's sofa so good for Katherine.

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She pays £124 including commission.

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Couldn't be better. That is a good buy.

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So, Katherine the Great is on top of the world

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but as the lots fly by,

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Charlie still hasn't found his second purchase.

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With time and options running out,

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he makes a desperate bid for an item from the land of the rising sun.

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At £100. Thank you, sir, £100. 507.

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Rosco, what have you done?

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Well, Rosco,

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what you've done is paid £124 including fees for a Japanese screen.

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What can you get these days for 100 quid?

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Answer - a knackered Japanese screen.

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Nurse, the screens!

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With that last-minute panic buy from the charmer, it's time to take

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a dip into our towering twosome's purses and see what they've spent so far.

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From the £1,000 they started off with,

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Charlie has now spent £333.60 leaving him with £666.40 in his showdown kitty.

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Katherine, meanwhile, has spent almost £325

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leaving her with just over £675 for the last two rounds.

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For the penultimate round of this showdown,

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our courageous crusaders will be going into battle

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at the Reims Antiques Fair in France's Champagne country.

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Armed with only a fistful of euros, they will be taking on

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the legion of Gallic stall-holders to capture two showdown items each,

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from the creme de la creme of collectibles on sale.

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Now, both contenders have well over half their kitties available to spend

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so they can afford to, indeed they must, be bold.

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-Bonjour.

-Bonjour, Charlie.

-Madame Higgins.

-C'est moi.

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-Another leg of the showdown.

-All I can say to you is 'screen.'

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-Did you say 'scream' or screen?'

-I feel nervous for you.

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It's worrying me.

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Do you not think I'm going to get a profit out of that screen?

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-I think the restoration is the issue.

-It will be an issue.

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-Anyway, I'm going to buy some more things.

-Good luck.

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-I might find another chaise longue for you.

-Divine!

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The woman of little taste.

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Cutting words from the charmer.

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Katherine the Great will be determined to prove she's no soft touch today.

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She's got some cuddly toys in her sights

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and the keen-eyed queen of collectables has spotted something special among the teddies.

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Funnily enough, I've picked a non-bear.

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This is a jointed plush monkey by Steiff

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and the modelling of the face, the felt on the face is just outstanding.

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The plush is raised and lively.

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The colour is even on the front and the reverse. Sibyl, soixante-cinq.

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So, Katherine captures the Steiff monkey for 30 euros

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along with a teddy bear for 35 euros so that's 65 euros for the pair -

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that's just over £59.

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Hello, my name's Charlie Ross.

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With her two showdown items already in the bag,

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the pressure's off for the Great One, but what of the rapier-witted charmer?

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I've got loads of money left

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but there's no point just buying something for the sake of it.

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Or is there?

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Come on, Charlie, there's no time for swanning about.

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It's continental silver.

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Pepper shaker. Could be a salt, but no, I think it's a pepper shaker.

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You take the bottom off, put the salt in there obviously

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and shake away. It could be a pepper pot. I think actually it's quite nicely mottled.

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And Charlie swoops with an offer of 30 euros.

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Trente?

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This man is not moving. This man...

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-Monsieur! Quarante.

-Quarante.

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So Charlie's charm can't sway the stall-holders to drop the price

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so it's a sale at 40 euros, which is £36.36.

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But there's still one more purchase to seek out amongst the stalls

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before the charmer can down tools for the day.

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Can he find just the thing to sweeten him up?

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My word. As biscuit barrels go, this is pretty amazing.

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Gilded decoration and enamel flowers.

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That's a pure, pure piece of art nouveau.

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-What we need to know is who owns it.

-Il est parti au toilette.

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He can't give me a price 'cause he's gone to the loo!

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That's fair enough, I suppose.

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With the stallholder otherwise occupied,

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it's down to his mate to do the deal.

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Charlie strikes like a hungry panther.

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-15.

-No, no, no.

-15, pour moi!

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-15, OK, OK.

-Excellent. Quinze euros!

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So a sweet deal for Charlie there at £13.64.

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This could go in to auction. This could be sold privately.

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Either way, there's a thumping good profit in it.

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Round three is now over and our antiques legionnaires

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return from the front line of France and back to Blighty

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for the all-important final round.

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Both our duellists started out with £1,000 of their own money.

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Charlie has spent a total of £383.60

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meaning he still has £616.40 in his kitty.

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While Katherine has spent £383.89 leaving her £616.11 for round four.

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And so begins the final round of buying.

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Our two valiant victory seekers have marched on to

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the Ardingly antiques market in West Sussex where

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their challenge is to each find two profit packers amidst

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the 1,500 stalls stuffed with swag.

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The plucky charmer is first out of the traps, fighting his way

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through the battlefield for a distinctive matchbox holder.

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Give us the tools and we will finish the job. What a wonderful thing.

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If you want a tenner for that, I'll give you a tenner.

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-20 quid, we've got another deal.

-I'll give you a tenner.

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-Give us your money!

-There you are, a tenner, sir.

-Thank you, sir.

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May I say, it was almost a pleasure to do business with you.

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-Thanks very much.

-Thank you very much indeed.

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So with Charlie declaring all-out war with that patriotic buy,

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what can Katherine the Great do to get herself back in the game?

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a silver buttonhook has grabbed her attention.

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You know me - £10. Too much.

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-What can you do on that?

-£7.

-£7.

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-£7, deal done.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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It's a sweet little buttonhook.

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Just the cusp of the late Victorian - early Edwardian era and very nice.

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So with that shrewd silver buy for Katherine,

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our titanic twosome are neck-and-neck,

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but Charlie's launched into action once more,

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charm firing on all cylinders.

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The lady wanted £90 but we settled at £50 plus a kiss.

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Mwah, mwah! Two kisses! And a hug.

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It's quite amazing where kissing can get you.

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Got an interesting collection of spoons, this one particularly,

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which is an image of a marksman shooting at long range targets here.

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It's silver.

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They're all hallmarked silver

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so I suspect the silver content there, arguably £10 each anyway.

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I don't think there's any downside here.

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So that's Charlie's final purchase in the bag.

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Katherine has still got one buy to make

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and she's still got loads of cash left.

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She might just need it as she's set her heart on a Victorian riding habit.

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-What are you thinking about in terms of price?

-We started the day at 750.

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I've come down to 650 for you.

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I sort of was thinking in the sort of three zone.

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It's got to be near 650.

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I could go around about 500.

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-I could get it down to 620.

-525?

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I'm sorry but it's got to be 600.

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I'm going to have to say I wish you very good luck with it.

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-That's OK. 580 any good?

-Oh, 530.

-I can do 560.

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-540, you've got a deal.

-I won't argue a tenner so thank you.

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Good old boy.

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That was the longest deal I have ever done in my entire life

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and it's the most I've spent.

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What we've got is a late 19th century riding habit.

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The thing the Victorian lady with means behind her would have worn.

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It's made out of the most exquisite cotton velvet.

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Everything about it is original - untouched, unrepaired.

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It is absolutely glorious.

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With a lot riding on that purchase for Katherine,

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round four comes to an end.

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Our intrepid antiques adventurers have now purchased all their showdown items.

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Time to assess their spending.

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Our duelling duo started this epic showdown

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with £1,000 of their own cash to buy eight items.

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At close of play, Charlie's not even spent half his kitty

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with a total outlay of £443.60.

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While Katherine has thrown caution to the winds.

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She spent a massive £930.89.

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Before our battling buccaneers can go their separate ways,

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there's just time for them to assess each other's weapons of war

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and Katherine's most expensive buy is the main talking point.

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£540! For a bit of cloth? Educate me, darling, educate me.

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It is the most fantastic Victorian riding habit that you will ever see.

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It's just really good quality piece. What's this?

0:20:520:20:56

This - you know what it is.

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My hero who died in 1965, and I think it's great.

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Great, great. In the immortal words of the great man,

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I shall fight you in the saleroom

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and I shall never, ever surrender.

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Is he for real?

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Our tireless troopers return to base

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where they must refocus all their energies

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into selling their items

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in order to achieve the highest possible profits.

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The dealer with the most money will take the title

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but this is the showdown and it's not quite that simple.

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Both our dealers have eight items to sell and at least four of them

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must be sold at auction without any reserve price.

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It's a white-knuckle ride where our competitors might win big

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or they might make cruel losses.

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Both our experts must start by carefully selecting which items

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they think will gain the most under the gavel.

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I think the biscuit barrel will sell at auction.

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Guilt spelter mounts, fabulous enamelling

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and I also bought the little salt in the form of a swan.

0:22:050:22:08

Thrilled about that. It's silver, Continental silver,

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but I think, again, an easy thing to sell.

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The big Japanese screen which I'm going to put into auction.

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I might just tart it up a bit myself.

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I'm going to risk the pot lids at auction. Are they saleable any more?

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Possibly not as saleable as they used to be.

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And which items will the Great One be putting under the hammer?

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I've decided my little silver buttonhook is going to be

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perfect auction material.

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Also, that little Steiff monkey. He will sit very nicely in the sale.

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My ceramics will tempt auction buyers so that's the right place for them.

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It's all going to come down to that last day at the auction.

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Miss Higgins, I'll meet you there and I'm throwing down the gauntlet now.

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Oh, watch out, Katherine. The charmer means business.

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Before the action at the auction kicks off, our memorabilia maestros

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have items that they need to find private buyers for.

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Charlie needs to shift four solid silver spoons,

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a Winston Churchill matchbox holder, a Victorian stationery box

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and two 19th century Punch cartoon books.

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Katherine will have to find a home for the Bolton Castle print,

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the Victorian chaise longue, a Victorian ladies riding habit

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and a vintage teddy bear.

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But both our dealers know that until they've shaken on it

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and the money's changed hands, no deal is truly sealed.

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Our vintage virtuosos hit the phones

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and it's Charlie who's first out of the traps.

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He's been using his VIP contacts book

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to target the ideal buyer for his boot sale bargain books.

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Well, here I am on the outskirts of London,

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clutching two priceless tomes of Punch cartoons.

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I hope I'm going to be selling those to Peter Snow,

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a well-known television personality.

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Will I make a profit? Will I make a loss? Well, it's for you to guess.

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Charles Ross, BBC News, somewhere near London.

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-Peter, how lovely to see you!

-Charlie, nice to see you too.

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-Look what I've got for you.

-I can see they look like Punches.

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-They are.

-Punch volumes.

-As I think I said you in my email,

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I thought these might interest you, the satire of the whole thing.

0:24:270:24:31

-Oh my goodness.

-One of these volumes is 1869.

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-The other one I think is 1875.

-Right.

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I just wondered if I could sell them to you.

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-Well, I mean, what do you want?

-I thought £30 for the two.

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30 quid for a couple of scruffy old leather volumes?

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-What about a fiver for the two?

-What about 25?

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-Oh, go on, I'll give you £8.

-20?

-You won't take 10?

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No. £15. It's a deal!

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Fantastic.

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Charlie starts with a small but punchy profit of £7 on the satirical scripts.

0:25:050:25:11

Surely something to smile about.

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Katherine the great sets off on her selling campaign

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by journeying to Bolton Castle,

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the location that features on the 18th century print she bought at auction.

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She's tracked down Tom, who is the son of the eighth Lord Bolton.

0:25:250:25:29

-Does it look familiar?

-Gosh, that's beautiful.

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It's certainly Bolton Castle.

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I think there's a bit of artistic licence.

0:25:340:25:38

It's got the rivers painted very close up to the castle,

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which obviously it's about a mile away.

0:25:410:25:43

No, it couldn't be anywhere else, I don't think.

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I'm delighted you've managed to bring it home.

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What do you think it's worth, you're the expert.

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I would love to hover around about the £300 mark.

0:25:510:25:56

-I think that would be fair.

-I'd certainly like it to be here.

0:25:560:25:59

I was going to say 250 but perhaps we could meet somewhere in the middle.

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-How about 280, that sort of figure?

-280 sounds great to me.

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-Great, lovely.

-It's a really beautiful painting.

0:26:090:26:12

What a stunning result for our red-haired raider.

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It's a profit of £224.20 on the print,

0:26:150:26:18

which must surely worry Charlie.

0:26:180:26:21

Talking of whom, where is our dapper chappie?

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Dr Livingstone, I presume.

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You may think I'm in the Amazon but I'm looking for an explorer

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who spends most of his life in the Amazon.

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He wants to buy my wonderful box, for some reason,

0:26:370:26:40

but I'm not in the Amazon, am I?

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I'm in Chiswick.

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And he's headed for the house of professional explorer, Mark.

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-It's quite lucky to find you in, isn't it?

-It is, it is.

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Aren't you supposed to be in the Amazon basin of something?

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Been there, done that.

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You must have some heroes.

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Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke.

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They are most famous for searching for the source of the Nile.

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That was back in the 1800s.

0:27:060:27:09

You'd see this as a connection historically?

0:27:090:27:13

Definitely. They would set up camp or their porters would

0:27:130:27:17

and they would record their observations, whatever findings, on something exactly like this.

0:27:170:27:21

For me, the link is huge.

0:27:210:27:23

-You're happy to buy it?

-I am, depending on price.

-Depending on price.

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-Of course.

-I'd like £300 for it.

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I can give you £100 for this box, Mr Ross.

0:27:300:27:31

I have to tell you that that's less than I paid for it.

0:27:310:27:35

275?

0:27:350:27:37

-250 quid, how about that?

-200 really would be my limit.

0:27:390:27:42

-Could I squeeze you to 220?

-I don't think you could.

0:27:420:27:46

Maybe at 210. It just gives me slightly...

0:27:460:27:48

-I could do 210.

-Could you do 210?

-I can do 210.

0:27:480:27:51

It's a slim profit but I'm thrilled to know where it's going.

0:27:510:27:55

-Thank you, sir.

-Thanks, Mark.

-Perfect.

0:27:550:27:57

A tough haggle gives the charmer an adventurous profit of £36.40 for the stationery box.

0:27:580:28:04

And now, it's do or die time for Katherine the Great.

0:28:060:28:09

She's got to sell her most costly buy - the Victorian riding ensemble

0:28:090:28:14

that she bought for a whacking £540 at the Ardingly Antiques Fair.

0:28:140:28:19

-I brought you this. Lovely to meet you.

-And you.

0:28:190:28:22

She's hoping that Kate at a costume hire company in Hazelmere

0:28:220:28:25

will share her enthusiasm.

0:28:250:28:27

This is - I think it's amazing -

0:28:270:28:30

it's like being in an Aladdin's cave or Mr Benn's shop.

0:28:300:28:35

We've often been called Mr Benn's shop. It's great fun.

0:28:350:28:39

I've brought you the very best of Victorian velvet.

0:28:390:28:43

It is a sumptuous treat actually.

0:28:430:28:46

It's absolutely gorgeous. The shape of it is lovely.

0:28:460:28:50

I would love you to have it. The question is whether or not...

0:28:500:28:56

-The price.

-Yes.

0:28:560:28:57

I would like to think that around about 600 was right

0:28:570:29:01

but that's your call on how you play that one.

0:29:010:29:05

That would probably be a bit too much for me.

0:29:050:29:09

-I would say 550.

-OK.

0:29:090:29:13

If we could go to 560, I'd be a very happy lady.

0:29:130:29:17

It's beautiful.

0:29:170:29:19

-Oh, go on then, it is lovely. It is gorgeous.

-Great.

0:29:190:29:21

-I think shake on it.

-Definitely.

0:29:210:29:24

So it was a big gamble that didn't quite pay off for Katherine,

0:29:240:29:27

giving her just £20 in profit.

0:29:270:29:30

That would surely cheer Charlie on for his next item.

0:29:300:29:34

The Winston Churchill matchbox holder he got for just £10 at the boot fair.

0:29:370:29:41

He's headed to London as he's hoping that his friend Roger

0:29:410:29:45

will be the man to take it off his hands.

0:29:450:29:47

Where better to meet than at the English Speaking Union

0:29:470:29:50

where Churchill once held the role of chairman.

0:29:500:29:54

You are, after all, the man in my eyes that looks

0:29:540:29:57

more like Churchill than anybody else I've ever met.

0:29:570:30:01

-Look at that.

-Isn't that fun?

-That's rather sweet, isn't it?

0:30:010:30:05

It's a little matchbox case from I think 1941.

0:30:050:30:10

It's got some wonderful quotes, not only from Churchill,

0:30:100:30:13

but also from Roosevelt.

0:30:130:30:16

Yes. "Put your confidence in us." What's it worth?

0:30:160:30:20

Priceless of course, isn't it, if that is his burn.

0:30:200:30:24

It must be worth thousands.

0:30:240:30:25

You've bought it for about 10p in a car boot sale.

0:30:250:30:27

I paid more than 10p for it. 40 quid.

0:30:270:30:30

-Don't think I heard you quite right.

-Didn't you?

0:30:300:30:33

HE LAUGHS

0:30:330:30:35

-What do you reckon?

-30?

-What about 35 quid? Meet me in the middle.

0:30:350:30:39

How about the number of times I played for England at hockey?

0:30:390:30:42

-How many was that?

-31.

0:30:420:30:44

Oh, what a pity you didn't play 100 times.

0:30:440:30:48

Listen, 153 goals but I'm not paying that for it.

0:30:480:30:51

-I'll tell you what, I'll settle at 33.

-Go on.

0:30:510:30:54

Brilliant.

0:30:540:30:55

So it's a best of British profit of £23 for the Churchill matchbox holder.

0:30:550:31:00

Charlie's least favourite item of his opponent's selection is next on her selling list.

0:31:000:31:04

Katherine is hoping that the Victorian chaise longue

0:31:040:31:07

she bought at auction will be just the thing to inspire

0:31:070:31:11

furniture restorer and upholsterer Sarah Louise.

0:31:110:31:15

-Hello.

-Hi.

0:31:150:31:17

-Wow.

-What do you think?

-It's lovely.

0:31:170:31:20

I'd love to buy it at the right price.

0:31:200:31:22

-If we came up with something like 260, 270 I'd be...

-260.

0:31:220:31:27

260, you have got a deal.

0:31:270:31:29

Minus the £12 she had to spend on a new caster for the chaise,

0:31:290:31:32

it's a flamboyant profit of £124 for Katherine the Great.

0:31:320:31:37

Back in central London, Charlie has a couple more little somethings

0:31:390:31:43

to show his friend Roger. He's hoping to tempt him

0:31:430:31:46

with two of the silver spoons he bought at the Ardingly Antiques Fair.

0:31:460:31:50

They're both the Coronation 1937 of George VI.

0:31:500:31:53

-They're in jolly good condition.

-They're nice.

0:31:530:31:56

Considering they're silver, amazingly cheap.

0:31:560:31:58

You could have those 25 quid each, 50 quid for the two of them.

0:31:580:32:02

40?

0:32:020:32:04

Yeah, I think 20 each, 40 quid.

0:32:040:32:06

So it's a sweet deal of £40 for Charlie.

0:32:060:32:10

He goes on to sell the other two spoons again for £40,

0:32:100:32:13

giving him a total profit of £30 on all four spoons.

0:32:130:32:17

# Look for the bare necessities

0:32:200:32:23

# The simple bare necessities. #

0:32:230:32:25

Katherine the Great has one sale left to make

0:32:250:32:28

and it's time for her to part

0:32:280:32:30

with the teddy she bought in France for around £32.

0:32:300:32:33

Look who I brought you.

0:32:330:32:35

She's found a potential home for him with Andrew.

0:32:350:32:38

-I sent you a picture.

-You did.

-Here he is in real life.

-Absolutely.

0:32:380:32:42

This is inspired by the Steiff Zotty bears, which came out in 1951.

0:32:420:32:46

Sir Andrew, can I tempt you to buy him?

0:32:460:32:49

I'd rather we use the terminology adopt, actually,

0:32:490:32:52

but I would be prepared to adopt him.

0:32:520:32:54

I think there's definitely a bond between you.

0:32:540:32:57

-You can tell, can you?

-I can tell! I can tell.

0:32:570:33:00

I think he'd love to be with you for around about the £100 mark.

0:33:000:33:04

Well, the bear has spoken, I guess.

0:33:040:33:07

-It's a deal.

-Oh, thank you.

0:33:070:33:10

-Shall we shake hands?

-We should shake hands.

0:33:100:33:13

So it's a happy profit of £68.18 for Katherine.

0:33:130:33:18

But a sad farewell to Teddy.

0:33:190:33:21

Goodbye, little fellow.

0:33:210:33:24

Bye-bye, Teddy. Ohh!

0:33:240:33:28

And as we hit the halfway point in a savage selling struggle,

0:33:320:33:36

let's check on our prime pros' profits.

0:33:360:33:39

The charmer has sold four items and bagged himself a profit so far

0:33:390:33:43

of £96.40.

0:33:430:33:45

Katherine the Great has also sold four items

0:33:450:33:48

but she's made a whopping profit of £436.38.

0:33:480:33:54

But the wheeler-dealing must all end there.

0:33:550:33:59

Our determined duellists must sell everything that remains at auction,

0:33:590:34:03

where they're in the hands of the auctioneer and totally powerless in negotiating prices.

0:34:030:34:08

-This final battle of the gavel will take place in Cirencester.

-Welcome.

0:34:080:34:13

Good morning, good morning.

0:34:130:34:14

-They have sold things for literally millions here.

-My things for millions?

0:34:140:34:18

-No, your things will struggle.

-Darling, it's all about colour.

0:34:180:34:21

My things are all colourful!

0:34:210:34:22

You're all about colour and frankly,

0:34:220:34:25

if your goods looked half as good as you do, you might do quite well.

0:34:250:34:28

Come on, I'll take you in.

0:34:280:34:30

Before the bidding begins,

0:34:300:34:31

our competitors snatch a quick look at each other's wares.

0:34:310:34:35

Charlie and the screen, they were a match made in heaven

0:34:350:34:38

but they're not a match for anyone in the 21st century, I'm afraid.

0:34:380:34:43

Over here, you've got bits of tape attaching the broken part.

0:34:430:34:48

The condition is awful!

0:34:480:34:52

No, Charlie.

0:34:520:34:54

Some people buy antiques.

0:34:540:34:56

Some people buy ghastly painted nursery rhyme items

0:34:560:35:02

like a Wade Heath jug from the 1930s.

0:35:020:35:05

She paid £125 for it.

0:35:050:35:08

Must be barking, I would have thought.

0:35:080:35:10

Actually, Charlie, I like it.

0:35:100:35:13

I think you could well quadruple your money on these.

0:35:130:35:16

Katherine, this is a really nice buttonhook.

0:35:160:35:20

It's going to have to make £20 or so if you take commission into consideration,

0:35:200:35:24

although it only cost seven, so it's a bit tight.

0:35:240:35:28

Now it's the moment of truth as the bidding starts

0:35:290:35:32

and first up is the jug that Katherine bought for £20 at the book fair.

0:35:320:35:38

-I'm rooting for you, baby!

-£30, nice little deco piece, £30.

0:35:380:35:42

Don't be silly. 20 then. At £20, a bid here at 20.

0:35:420:35:46

20 is plenty.

0:35:460:35:48

-Selling here then on a maiden bid of 20.

-That's more than enough.

0:35:480:35:52

At £20, you all done? It's selling then at 20.

0:35:520:35:57

£20.

0:35:570:35:58

Oh dear. What a disappointing start for the Great One.

0:35:580:36:01

After fees, it's a loss of £9.84.

0:36:010:36:05

She's got to be hoping that her expensive job can do a lot better

0:36:050:36:08

despite Charlie's criticism of its appeal.

0:36:080:36:12

Starting at 100 and it would be cheap. 100?

0:36:120:36:15

-80.

-Oh dear.

-£50.

0:36:150:36:18

-If only I could bid in this.

-£50, £30 then.

0:36:180:36:23

-Oh, Miss Higgins.

-This is nice.

-40, 5, 50.

0:36:230:36:27

There he goes, now he's motoring.

0:36:270:36:29

-At £55, 60.

-It's moving.

-Two people without any taste.

0:36:290:36:35

At 75 here, 80 now. At 75, 80 going to say now then.

0:36:350:36:38

No, you're only losing 50 less commission, 60, 70.

0:36:380:36:42

-You've lost more than half your money.

-You all done at 75?

0:36:420:36:46

It's crisis time for our rampaging redhead.

0:36:480:36:51

That crashing loss of £70.40 after fees on the second jug

0:36:510:36:56

really puts her on the back foot.

0:36:560:36:58

Time for the charmer to enter the fray with his pot lids.

0:36:580:37:02

He bought them for £28.

0:37:020:37:05

This is my least favourite lot.

0:37:050:37:08

When I bought these, I thought, Rosco, not happy.

0:37:080:37:11

After fees, it's a small profit of £2.36 for the charmer,

0:37:110:37:16

which is still a lot better than Katherine has managed so far.

0:37:160:37:21

Now, can Charlie continue on his roll with the sale

0:37:210:37:24

of his French market bargain, the biscuit barrel.

0:37:240:37:27

Start me, 50. £50. At £50, thank you.

0:37:270:37:30

5 anyone else? At £50 on my left here.

0:37:300:37:33

At £50 and 5, 60, 5, 70, 5, 80.

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It cost £13.64.

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At £80, still looks cheap at £80. 5 anyone else?

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-At £80 on my left, at £80.

-Oh!

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-At 80.

-£80, £80.

-Give me a kiss.

-Well done.

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-Actually, you are covered in red now.

-I don't mind.

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Our first major profit of the auction goes to the charmer,

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who's £45 better off after fees with that very sweet sale.

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Next up comes Katherine's Steiff monkey that she bought in France.

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Here we go, good colour, lovely looking condition there.

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Who will start me?

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-Start me at 100.

-100, what's he on?

-£50.

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-Don't be silly, 50p's more the mark.

-At £35, you all sure now, then?

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-At £35.

-Oh, no.

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There's very little interest in the monkey

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and it ends up losing Katherine £4.89 after fees.

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What a blow for the Great One.

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Can she get herself out of trouble with the help of her silver buttonhook.

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It's up next under the hammer.

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-I really like your buttonhook.

-I'm not being sarcastic.

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I'm already at a loss with it though

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because of the cost of putting it into the sale.

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It's going to have to make £20, isn't it?

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-All done then on a maiden bid of 10?

-Oh, no!

-Feels good to me.

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Because you've done your money again. Oh, Higgins.

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Oh, dear! The Great One learns a harsh lesson

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and she makes a loss of £4.92 on the small piece of silver.

0:39:080:39:14

Another chance for the charmer to show the lady how it's done with his silverware.

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The swan table salt he bought in Reims.

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£30 to get on. At £30, a bid there at 30.

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-At £30, 5, 40, 5, 50.

-Rosco!

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You are on gas, Rosco!

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At £90, you all sure?

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-90 it is.

-90 quid!

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And the charmer swans off with a profit of £30.36 after auction fees.

0:39:400:39:46

Higgins, you come out with me, girl, I'll show you how to make a profit.

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Yes.

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With Katherine put in her place, it's time for Charlie's final lot.

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The Japanese screen that his rival has been so scathing about.

0:39:570:40:01

Stop it!

0:40:010:40:02

Miss Higgins, stop it! I bet you knocked that bit off.

0:40:020:40:06

The Shibayama screen there, what are you going to bid me for that?

0:40:060:40:10

Who'll start me? Start me at 100. Ooh, it's gone quiet.

0:40:100:40:14

This is the one they're all here for. The one they're all here for.

0:40:140:40:18

-I can start you on the book at 60.

-£60?

0:40:180:40:22

Don't give it away, sir!

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70, 5, 80, 5, 90, 5, 100.

0:40:240:40:29

-Is that all?

-Who could be bidding?

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At £110. 110, thank you.

0:40:330:40:36

-Yes! Thank you, sir.

-It sold.

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Yes, it sold but unfortunately for the charmer,

0:40:410:40:45

he loses £41.12 on the screen.

0:40:450:40:47

-It could have been worse.

-Could it?

-A bit.

0:40:500:40:53

Those wise words marked the ceasefire in the hammer hostilities.

0:40:530:40:58

Our Great lady had a rather uncomfortable time at the auction

0:40:580:41:01

while apart from his last lot,

0:41:010:41:03

the charmer came out relatively unscathed.

0:41:030:41:06

But before we see what effect that's had on the overall result,

0:41:060:41:10

let's recap on their spending.

0:41:100:41:12

Both our experts started the contest with £1,000 of their own money

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to spend on eight items each.

0:41:170:41:20

Charlie the charmer spent £443.60. Katherine spent a great deal more.

0:41:200:41:27

£942.89 including restoration costs.

0:41:280:41:33

All of the money that Katherine and Charlie have made from

0:41:330:41:36

today's challenge will be given to charities of their choice.

0:41:360:41:38

Without further ado, it's time to find out

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who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Champion.

0:41:430:41:47

-What an adventure we've had!

-What a journey!

0:41:470:41:49

-I'm exhausted, are you?

-No, not at all.

0:41:490:41:53

-But then you're young.

-I am indeed.

0:41:530:41:57

-I'm not too confident about this.

-I can't bear this.

0:41:570:42:00

One, two, three - go!

0:42:000:42:02

Oh, that's a thrash!

0:42:030:42:06

And Katherine the Great lives up to her nickname

0:42:060:42:10

with over twice as much profit as the charmer from the showdown.

0:42:100:42:13

Both our experts have been building up their profit pots all week

0:42:130:42:17

over a series of challenges.

0:42:170:42:19

It's now time to reveal whether Charlie or Katherine

0:42:190:42:22

will be this week's overall champion.

0:42:220:42:25

I'm afraid that this whole journey, for me,

0:42:250:42:29

is not looking too good, is it?

0:42:290:42:32

Well, that's wonderful.

0:42:340:42:36

You've made a lot of money and I've made a fair bit for my charity.

0:42:360:42:41

Ultimate victory goes to our flame-haired fighter, Katherine.

0:42:410:42:44

Both our experts have made fantastic profits

0:42:440:42:47

and all the money will be going to their chosen charities.

0:42:470:42:50

My chosen charity is Shooting Star Chase who provide hospice care

0:42:500:42:53

for families who have children and teenagers with life-limiting conditions.

0:42:530:42:58

My chosen charity is The Art Room, an Oxford-based charity

0:42:580:43:03

for 5-16 year olds with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

0:43:030:43:08

Well, Charlie and Katherine have both shown that they can

0:43:080:43:12

put their money where their mouths are and they'd proved they can make

0:43:120:43:16

a solid profits from antiques when their own money is on the line.

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