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This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:03 | |
We pitch TV's best-loved antiques experts against each other | 0:00:03 | 0:00:08 | |
in an all-out battle for profit... | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
Whaa-hay! | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
..and give you the insider's view of the trade. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
I'm on the case. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
-Whoo-hoo! -One pair of duelling dealers | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
will face a different daily challenge... | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
-I'm a cheeky chancer. -Lovely! | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
..putting their reputations on the line | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
and giving you top tips and savvy secrets | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
on how to make the most money from buying and selling. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:36 | |
Let's go and spend some money. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
Get in there! | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
Hold onto your hats, people, we're ready for take-off, | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
because this is The Almighty Showdown, | 0:00:43 | 0:00:47 | |
the fiercest battle our duelling antiques dealers have faced yet. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
Our finely-honed profit-hunters will be tested to the max, | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
as they're sent on a mission to scour the country and Continent | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
to plunder the finest treasures they can find | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
and then they must sell them on for maximum profit. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
Coming up, Eric reveals the tactics that made him a legend... | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
I buy everything with a view to doubling my money. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
..James has dark predictions for the battle ahead... | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
It's going to be pretty bloody. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
..and there's an auction-room first as Knocker's knocked for six. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:21 | |
Words are just not... They're not coming. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
Tears are! Tears are coming. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
It promises to be clash that will go down in antiques history, | 0:01:26 | 0:01:30 | |
as our experts go head-to-head for the title. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
In today's showdown, | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
our duelling dealers face off in one final fight for profit | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
and for ultimate victory over their opponent. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
Our trading titans are two of the world's most esteemed treasure hunters. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:02 | |
First up is the Earl of Earthenware, the Arch Duke of Art Deco, | 0:02:02 | 0:02:06 | |
it's Burnley's blue-blooded Baron of Antiques... | 0:02:06 | 0:02:10 | |
And ready to rumble in the opposite corner is the Viscount of Valuables, | 0:02:13 | 0:02:18 | |
the Prince of Pictures and Portraits, | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
it's the auctioneer who knows no fear... | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
Our dealers will need to use their knowledge, | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
expertise and skill to emerge victorious. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
They both have £1,000 of their own money to spend | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
and the winner of this challenge will be the one who makes the most profit, | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
and that profit will go to a charity of their choice. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:43 | |
Let the battle begin. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
Mate, once again, and we've made it to the end of the week! | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
Final day. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
-It's the Showdown! -The mighty Showdown. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
And here we are in Ardingly. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
With a title like "Showdown", | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
we should be at the OK Corral like a couple of gunslingers. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
It's a vast, almost like a poultry shed in here. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:04 | |
It is, isn't it? | 0:03:04 | 0:03:05 | |
Now, listen, I've got some info. Do you want to start us off? | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
What does it say? I've not brought my specs. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
"Welcome to the mighty Showdown. The rules are simple. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
"You must each buy two items at every one of your regular Put Your Money challenges. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:19 | |
"You have £1,000 to spend." | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
It then goes on to say, "You can sell up to four items wherever you want. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
"The rest will be sold at an auction in Leicestershire, | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
"in direct competition with your opponent." | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
-That's you and me. -You and I. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
"The winner is the dealer who makes the most profit." | 0:03:33 | 0:03:37 | |
-Token "Good luck". -That's very generous, isn't it? | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
I think we might need it! | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
But having said that, go for it, kid. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
-Go for it. -Good luck. -See you! | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
Yes, this Showdown ain't big enough for the two of them. There can only be one victor. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:52 | |
Both our buying banditos know that the £1,000 they have to spend | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
must cover any restoration, repairs and buying fees. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
Eric and James will be buying from their usual hunting grounds, | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
a UK antiques market, | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
a foreign antiques market, | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
an auction and a car boot sale. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
-BELL RINGS -Round 1 for our bargain buccaneers | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
is the antiques fair. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
The arena for this clash is the Ardingly International Antique and Collectables Fair in East Sussex, | 0:04:15 | 0:04:20 | |
where hundreds of potential money-making items | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
are just waiting to be snapped up. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
Now, like a man from the Wild West pioneering the frontier, | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
Eric is blazing a trail in search of profit-making items to lasso. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
And he's quick to set his sights on a picture. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
I'm just intrigued with your, erm, | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
your Lionel Edwards. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
Actually, it looks like it's a print that's been over-painted. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
-Is that the best, 30 quid? -Er... It can be 25. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
-25. I'll buy it. -Good. -Easy as that. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
I bought this painted print. It's been overpainted, but it's purely decorative. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:57 | |
It's Lionel Edwards. He's very well-known for his hunting subjects | 0:04:57 | 0:05:02 | |
and horse subjects in general. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
I'm thinking this is probably maybe 1920s or thereabouts. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:09 | |
As for me, at 25 quid I've taken a bit of a punt. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:13 | |
Our Eric's not horsing around | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
as he gallops into an early lead by bagging the print for £25. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:20 | |
And without pausing for breath, he ropes in his second buy. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
The King of Antiques pays £20 for a figurine of Her Majesty The Queen, | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
made to commemorate her 80th birthday in 2006. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:33 | |
Well, I was motivated by what you might call the two Ps - | 0:05:33 | 0:05:38 | |
patriotism and profit. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
Because a Royal Worcester figure of Her Majesty The Queen for £20 | 0:05:41 | 0:05:47 | |
has got to be a good deal. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:50 | |
Eric has rounded up his two antique-fair items, | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
while James is still to buy. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
But, like the sheriff riding into town, | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
Bingo is quick to restore order, spying an Indian silver dish. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
I could make that 25 to you. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
Michael, I'll have it. That's very kind of you. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
Bingo's first buy is in the bag. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
I like this little silver dish. Indian. It's got this lovely decoration here. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:16 | |
Michael, who sold it to me, tested it. It's unmarked. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
The solvent came up a very deep red, which denotes a high silver content. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:26 | |
I only paid £25. I'm hoping for a profit. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
Sheriff Braxton doesn't stop there. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:33 | |
Bingo squares things up by buying an early 20th-century photo of the Royal Family for £20. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:38 | |
I bought this fellow. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
Great fun. It's a sort of royal portrait. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:43 | |
But the only person who seems to be smiling | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
is old top dog here - Edward VII. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:49 | |
So here he is, on his own manor, in Windsor Castle, | 0:06:49 | 0:06:53 | |
and various selected heads of European states here. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
It's 1907. It's a great loo picture, isn't it? | 0:06:57 | 0:07:01 | |
Hang it in the loo, next door to the yacht that you always wanted to own. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
Clearly Bingo is thinking of staking his claim to the Showdown Throne with that purchase. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:10 | |
Round 1 has a patriotic feel, | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
with both antiques experts buying royal memorabilia. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
But how much have our brave boys spent? | 0:07:14 | 0:07:18 | |
Eric and James' Showdown budget is £1,000. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:22 | |
Eric spent £45 on his two lots, leaving him with £955 in his kitty. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:28 | |
By pure chance, James has spent exactly the same amount, | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
parting with £45, | 0:07:32 | 0:07:33 | |
so he's also left with £955 for the remaining three rounds. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:39 | |
-BELLS RINGS -It's neck and neck | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
as the bell rings for Round 2. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
Our treasure-hunting titans are going cosmopolitan, | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
as they hit the stylish streets of Paris | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
and head for the Bastille Antiques Market. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
Here, Eric and James must hunt down two items each. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
With grim determination, they begin working their way through the 450 stalls, | 0:07:54 | 0:07:59 | |
spread over a kilometre of ground. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
But this challenge is not going to be easy. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
I've yet to find that one thing that's given me what you might call the "wow" factor. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
Because, hopefully, IF and when I find it and I buy it, | 0:08:10 | 0:08:15 | |
you hope that whoever you sell it to | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
shares the same emotion. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
If they do, you've got yourself a winner. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
Luckily, expert Eric knows exactly what he's looking for | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
and when he finds it, he's quick to pounce, | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
buying an engraved Lalique glass ashtray for £59.83. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:34 | |
Our Lancashire lad is chuffed to bits. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
It's always nice to make a purchase. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:40 | |
I've gone with an old friend, | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
although he was long dead when this was made in the 1960s. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:46 | |
It's crystal Lalique. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
It features this sort of sailing ship. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
I've paid, erm, what, 70 euros, which I think is a fair price. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
There's not a big margin in it for me | 0:08:56 | 0:09:00 | |
unless I can find somebody who's big on shipping | 0:09:00 | 0:09:04 | |
and big on Lalique at the same time. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
That's a tall order, Eric. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
But Bingo Braxton has spotted what could be his first foreign profitable plunder. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:14 | |
He pays £128.21 for a painting of a steeplechase. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
I like this composition. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:20 | |
We've got the artist's name here. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
It's dated 1912. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
I like the shape of it. It's a very long landscape. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:28 | |
We've got foxing and staining down here, | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
and it's all because of this - | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
the paper has deteriorated | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
and it's allowed moisture and dirt to actually creep in. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:41 | |
It's priced at 280. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
It was mine for 150. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:45 | |
Well, jolly nice work, Bingo. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
Both our dealing dynamos need one more purchase in Paris. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:52 | |
The race is on to find that little piece of je ne sais quoi | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
that could be the coup de grace. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:57 | |
And James has just spotted a piece of pottery that looks very, very British. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:01 | |
The nice thing about this particular dish, it's made by Wade Pottery. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:05 | |
It's all written on the back for you. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
It's a 1929 Bentley of Dorothy Paget and Henry Birkin Team. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
Birkin was the great racer | 0:10:12 | 0:10:14 | |
and Dorothy Paget was a very wealthy lady. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:18 | |
I know quite a few car enthusiasts, petrol heads, who will love this. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:22 | |
Excusez moi, monsieur, vingt euros, s'il vous plait? | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
-It's 25. -25? -Yes. -OK. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:29 | |
Merci, monsieur. Merci. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
Bingo va-va-vooms his way to the Bentley dish for £21.37. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:36 | |
The speedy spender from Sussex has done all he can in Paris | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
to give himself the best shot at the Showdown title. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:43 | |
It's all down to Eric. He might've found what he's looking for. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
It's French, it's glass, it's Art Deco | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
and it's got his name written all over it. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
I'm looking at a Daum vase. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
I'm looking at a vase that dates to 1930. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
It has got a signature. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
If I point it out to you, it's down there. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
So this is made in Nancy. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:07 | |
I rather like that. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:09 | |
I'm just checking it for chips. I don't see anything really wrong with it. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:13 | |
It's got a price tag of 280 euros. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
It's quite thinly-walled. They made two types. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
Some of them were quite thick. This one's a thinly-walled one. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
It's got acid cutting. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:23 | |
It gives the texture of granulated ice, almost. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:27 | |
Eric goes in for the kill. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:29 | |
-220. -220. -OK. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
He seals a deal on the 1930s vase for just over £188.00. | 0:11:32 | 0:11:37 | |
And with that, Round 2 in Paris is done and dusted. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:41 | |
Our purchasing powerhouses have landed all the punches they can, | 0:11:41 | 0:11:45 | |
so let's see how much they've spent. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
Our boys started out with a Showdown budget of £1,000. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:52 | |
Eric has now spent £292.86, | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
leaving him with £707.14 in his kitty. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:59 | |
James has spent £194.58, | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
giving him £805.42 to spend in the remaining two rounds. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:07 | |
The battleground for Round 3 is Sworders Auction in Essex | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
and, as auctioneers themselves, both our competitors are about to step up a gear. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:17 | |
Well, James, this has to be the toughest call of all the showdowns. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:21 | |
I've got a lot of money. I've got £800. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
I'm like you. I've got money to spend. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:27 | |
The important thing is, I want to spend it wisely. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:30 | |
-Whatever happens, just go for it. -Yes. Good luck. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:35 | |
They may be encouraging words from Eric, | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
but both those antiques heavyweights have their eyes fixed firmly on the prize | 0:12:37 | 0:12:41 | |
to be crowned the Showdown King. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:44 | |
Like lions stalking their prey, they take up their positions in the auction room, | 0:12:44 | 0:12:49 | |
biding their time as the lots come up. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
It's Bingo who's first to pounce. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:54 | |
The next lot, I'm really after. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
This is 15 bottles, a mixed lot of whisky. | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
I know there's going to be a lot of competition for it. It's going to be pretty bloody. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:03 | |
Estimate - 50 to 100. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
I think it's going to be around 150 to 200. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
-..130, 140... -As the bidding begins, will Bingo be proved right? | 0:13:09 | 0:13:14 | |
..200. 220. 240. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
260. 280. 300. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
In the room at £300. All finished at £300? | 0:13:20 | 0:13:24 | |
I'm going to turn 300 into at least 500. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
Ooh! Confident words from Mr Braxton, | 0:13:28 | 0:13:30 | |
despite paying over three times the reserve price. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:33 | |
He takes home the mixed lot of 15 bottles of whisky | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
for £372, including costs. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
This is the lot I bought. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
It's principally Scottish malt whisky. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:45 | |
We've got some old fellows. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:46 | |
We've got a very nice presentation case here. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:49 | |
This looks rather special, doesn't it? | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
This is the Aberlour. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:54 | |
It comes in a fabulous presentation case. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
It's distilled in 1970, | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
bottled in 1991. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:02 | |
That's a fabulous lot. 42 years old. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:05 | |
That's got to be 50 to 200. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
So I think this is going to be a good little earner for me. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:11 | |
And Bingo's firing on all cylinders, because without stopping for breath | 0:14:11 | 0:14:15 | |
he lands a Regency rosewood table at a total cost of £37.20. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:20 | |
This is my bargain of the day. Lot 342. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
Very nice rosewood here. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:25 | |
Very nice circles here. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:27 | |
I think it's sort of bird's-eye maple going on. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:30 | |
The only problem is, missing one of its feet. I've got three feet here. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:34 | |
I can get these turned out of rosewood. It'll look fabulous. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:37 | |
In the catalogue, it's described as Regency. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:40 | |
I think that's pushing it slightly. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:42 | |
I think it'd be best to say early Victorian. It's pre-1850. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:46 | |
James has bagged his two required items | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
and now the pressure is all on Eric to match his rival's purchasing prowess. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:53 | |
He bides his time, before plunging into the bidding on a mahogany table | 0:14:53 | 0:14:57 | |
with an estimate of £200 to £300. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
240. 240. Gentleman's bid at 240. Selling in the room at £240. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:09 | |
And Knocker stealthily nabs the Victorian mahogany table | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
for £297.60, with commission. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
Let me make this absolutely clear. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
I did not buy this Victorian glass epergne. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:22 | |
What I did buy was this lovely Pembroke breakfast table. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:27 | |
It's Victorian. It dates to around about 1840, 1860. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:32 | |
But the beauty of this table is all hidden, because it's all here, underneath. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:36 | |
It's all in this support, | 0:15:36 | 0:15:38 | |
with these wonderful, strong sort of spreading legs | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
and, if you look carefully here, these lovely sabot | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
or, should I say, the caps on the end of each of the feet. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:50 | |
And underneath, white ceramic casters. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
Very popular in and around about 1850. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:57 | |
Well, it's very much sort of got a Gillows feel about it. | 0:15:57 | 0:16:02 | |
It's very fashionable to tell everybody that a piece of furniture is by Gillows. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:06 | |
But there's just little bits of detail here. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
There's a little bit of ebony stringing here | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
that you do find on Victorian Gillows furniture. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:15 | |
Having paid just short of £300 for this, | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
I think that I've got to be asking at least 400 to 500 for it. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:22 | |
It's just a matter of finding somebody who's got impeccable taste. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:26 | |
And Eric's not sleeping on the job, as he soon follows up with purchase number two, | 0:16:26 | 0:16:31 | |
a Victorian-style brass double bed he bought for £161.20, | 0:16:31 | 0:16:35 | |
including fees. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:37 | |
I had my eye on this particular bed and I'm glad I've got it, | 0:16:37 | 0:16:42 | |
although it's the first time I've ever bought a brass bed. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:45 | |
I think for £130, plus the premium, | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
I've got myself something of a bargain. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
So, will Eric's Victorian table and brass bed furnish him with a tidy profit? | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
And will Bingo be able to turn his 15 bottles of whisky into competition-winning cash? | 0:16:56 | 0:17:02 | |
With that in mind, let's see how their finances are currently faring. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:06 | |
Both our boys started the Showdown with £1,000. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:09 | |
Eric has spent £751.66, | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
leaving £248.34 in his kitty. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:17 | |
James has parted with slightly less, £603.78, | 0:17:17 | 0:17:21 | |
meaning he has £396.22 going into Round 4. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:26 | |
-BELLS RINGS -And so it begins, | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
the Final Round in this clash of the antiques aristocracy. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
It's time for our brave boys to show they can spot the treasure amongst the trash | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
as they take their marks at a car-boot sale in Melton Mowbray. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:40 | |
Well, the Showdown items are coming together. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:44 | |
There's definitely a couple of items that I'm very keen to have. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
It's just a matter of, dare I say, putting my money where my mouth is. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:52 | |
Yes, that's exactly the name of the game, Eric. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
Knocker's first off the profit-hunting starting grid, | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
but as he pulls into his first stall | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
he has an important question for the vendor. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
How much does it cost to put somebody's bottom on that chair? | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
Or in layman's terms, "How much?" | 0:18:06 | 0:18:10 | |
£25? | 0:18:11 | 0:18:12 | |
I've got a £20 note. Would 20 buy it? | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
-Yes. -All right. £20. We'll have it. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:17 | |
Bring it here. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
Nice thumbshake, Eric. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:23 | |
And he zooms into pole position with that first buy at the boot sale. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:28 | |
I've just bought this Georgian-style miniature armchair | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
for the princely sum of £20. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
This sort of thing has been made in the Far East | 0:18:34 | 0:18:36 | |
and this, I can tell you now, | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
is probably a little more than 20 or 25 years in age. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
I buy everything with a view to doubling my money. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:44 | |
I think I'm in with a chance with this. It's no great work of art. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:48 | |
There's no great cabinet-making going on here. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
It's just a lovely little miniature chair. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
Not willing to languish in last position, | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
Bingo puts his pedal to the metal in search of his profit busters | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
and he homes in on two card cases. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
-How much have you got on that? -That's 50. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
-50. And what's that? -And that's 50. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
I'll give you 50 for that. I'll give you 50 for that. Thank you very much indeed. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:14 | |
In a shock move, Bingo Braxton bags both his items at once, | 0:19:14 | 0:19:18 | |
overtaking his nemesis and crossing the finish line first. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:22 | |
He pays £50 apiece for a Chinese card case and a mother-of-pearl card case. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:27 | |
This is a Chinese, Cantonese ivory card case, | 0:19:27 | 0:19:31 | |
made for the European market. You keep visiting cards in there. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:35 | |
This fellow - 1890, 1900, | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
when people were giving visiting cards, | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
so well before the 1947 act restraining the trade of ivory. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:45 | |
I'm rather hoping that it makes somewhere between 500 and 2,000. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:51 | |
On the same stall, I also bought another card case, | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
mother of pearl this time. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:56 | |
I bought this, again, for £50. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:58 | |
This is probably going to make 100, maybe 150. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:02 | |
With Bingo's mission complete, Eric needs to power home with a final piece | 0:20:02 | 0:20:06 | |
if he's to keep his Showdown dreams alive. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
And when the Lieutenant of the Loot spies this metal-topped reversible card table, | 0:20:09 | 0:20:13 | |
he snaps it up for £20. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:16 | |
If we turn it upside down | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
we find that we have got, | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
when I get it right, yes, pull that back, out we go | 0:20:21 | 0:20:25 | |
and an envelope table falls out to become, yes, a card table. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:30 | |
Date-wise, we're looking at the first, perhaps, er, | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
two decades of the 20th century. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:36 | |
Now, granted, it could do with being rebaized, | 0:20:36 | 0:20:40 | |
but if I can't make a profit at auction, | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
well, hey, I must be in the wrong business. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:46 | |
So the final round is over and our swashbuckling spenders have bought all they can. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:51 | |
Will Knocker's games table put him in pole position | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
or will Bingo pull the biggest profit with his card cases? | 0:20:53 | 0:20:58 | |
Our rummaging rivals each started the day | 0:20:58 | 0:21:01 | |
with £1,000 of their own money to spend. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
Eric's Showdown selection has cost him £791.66. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:08 | |
James has spent less in his bid for victory - | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
a total of £703.78. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
Buying over, there's just enough time for our profit-hunters | 0:21:15 | 0:21:19 | |
to show each other a glimpse of their wares. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
You've got to admit that you had to plough through an awful lot of rubble | 0:21:21 | 0:21:26 | |
to find anything of any real merit. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
It was. And it was so dispersed, wasn't it? | 0:21:29 | 0:21:32 | |
-So show me what you bought, James. -Well, this is what I bought. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:36 | |
-I bought this rather nice little mother-of-pearl fellow. -That's lovely! | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
-How much, James? -50 pounds. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
50 pounds very well-spent. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:44 | |
What else did you buy? | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
I bought this, Eric. I bought it at the same time. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:49 | |
So we're talking Canton, 1860, 1880. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:53 | |
-How much did you get that for? -I paid exactly the same price. I paid £50. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:58 | |
You've never seen a man get out 100 quid so quickly. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:01 | |
-So, are you putting any to auction? -I can't make my mind up. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
One or the other is going to go into the auction. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:09 | |
I'm going to put these two into auction, I think. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:12 | |
I have to say, James, if I can quote a certain Mr Arthur Daley, | 0:22:12 | 0:22:16 | |
-"I think you're in for a nice little earner, my son." -Thank you, Eric. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:20 | |
-Just wish me the same! -I will! | 0:22:20 | 0:22:23 | |
Now, buying their booty was just the start of today's ultimate challenge | 0:22:25 | 0:22:29 | |
for Showdown glory. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:30 | |
Eric and James must now transform into selling superstars | 0:22:30 | 0:22:34 | |
as they look to offload their items for maximum profit. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:38 | |
Our eminent experts now have to sell all their items. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
But the Showdown has a twist... The auction! | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
Eric and James must each put half their items under the hammer, | 0:22:45 | 0:22:48 | |
where they'll have no haggling power | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
over what the buyers will be willing to pay. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
They might see their profit soar or they might lose everything. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
Over at Knocker Knowles's lair in Buckinghamshire, Eric is sizing up his stash. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:03 | |
Well, what have I got? | 0:23:03 | 0:23:05 | |
I've got my chair, which I think is going to sell itself. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:09 | |
I've got my little Lalique cendrier, | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
or, if you prefer, ashtray. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
Yes, batting for me, I've got Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, | 0:23:14 | 0:23:19 | |
a patriotic pal. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
And finally, that lovely Art Deco vase, | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
dating from the 1925, 1935 period. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
Eric must also sell the 1920s Lionel Edwards painting, | 0:23:29 | 0:23:33 | |
the Victorian mahogany table, | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
the 1980s Victorian-style brass bed | 0:23:35 | 0:23:39 | |
and the 1920s metamorphic card table. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
All in all, what you're looking at is ammunition | 0:23:42 | 0:23:46 | |
because this is a duel, Mr Braxton, | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
and I sincerely hope that you do choose your pistols well. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
Fighting talk from Knocker Knowles. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
But over in East Sussex, James is also feeling confident | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
as he assesses his haul. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:00 | |
I'm surrounded by these four items that I'm going to retell. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:04 | |
I've got the rosewood table, rather nicely inlaid, | 0:24:04 | 0:24:07 | |
missing one of its bun feet, which doesn't help it. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
I love the steeplechasing watercolour there. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:14 | |
Also, the Bentley dish there, made by Wade. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
It cost me under £22. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:19 | |
Showdown-wise, I think it hinges on the whisky. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:23 | |
This is where I could make my money and what could knock-out old Knocker. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:28 | |
James must also sell the early 20th-century Persian metal bowl, | 0:24:28 | 0:24:32 | |
the 1907 Royal Family portrait, the 1850 mother-of-pearl card case | 0:24:32 | 0:24:38 | |
and the 1850 Cantonese ivory card case. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
So the time for talk is over. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
Our experts need to back-up their words with actions | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
as they hit the selling trail. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:48 | |
Remember, no deal is truly sealed until they've shaken on it. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:53 | |
James is the quickest off the starting grid, | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
having got his first potential buyer to come to him. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:59 | |
I'm waiting for a friend to come in a rather special car, | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
to sell him this dish. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
When he arrives, he'll know why I want to sell him this particular dish. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:09 | |
Bingo paid £21.37 for the dish in Paris. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:12 | |
But will classic car enthusiast John drive up a profit for him? | 0:25:12 | 0:25:17 | |
-James! -What about my little dish? The 4.5-litre Bentley. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:22 | |
-Super-charged. There it is. -Yes. Beautiful car. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
-Lovely car, isn't it? -I'd love one of those(!) | 0:25:25 | 0:25:29 | |
The good news is, the dish is considerably cheaper than the model. | 0:25:29 | 0:25:33 | |
How old do you think it is? | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
I think it's about 1950s. It's made by this manufacturer called Wade. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:39 | |
I want to try and get £80 for that. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
£80! I think that's probably a bit rich. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
How does 30 or 40, on the toss of a coin, sound? | 0:25:46 | 0:25:50 | |
How about 35 or 45 on the toss of a coin? | 0:25:50 | 0:25:54 | |
Go on. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
-Heads. -Heads it is. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
-35 pounds! James, thanks very much! -JAMES LAUGHS | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
He may've lost the coin toss, but James still pockets a £13.63 profit. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:08 | |
But Eric looks to retaliate | 0:26:10 | 0:26:12 | |
as he takes the figurine of the Queen, bought for £20, | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
to an antique centre in Stoke-on-Trent | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
to show owner Bill. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:20 | |
Here she is in all her, er, all her regalia. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:24 | |
-Royal Worcester. -Yes. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:26 | |
It was done for the 80th birthday of the Queen in 2006. | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
Unfortunately, this one was mass produced. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
-Value-wise, not too much. -Not too much? -No. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
I was looking for sort of 50 quid, but you come at me, Bill. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:39 | |
I'd like to pay you £30, Eric, for that. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
-£30 and it's yours. -OK, great. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:43 | |
It may not be a regal sum, but Eric still earns £10 profit. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:49 | |
I think it's a bit squalid to haggle over Her Majesty The Queen, | 0:26:49 | 0:26:52 | |
so I was happy to accept a 50-percent profit | 0:26:52 | 0:26:55 | |
and all's well at my end. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:57 | |
And Knocker's not stopping there. | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
He launches himself into the lead when he strikes a deal | 0:26:59 | 0:27:02 | |
on the 1965 Caravelle Lalique ashtray that he bought in Paris, | 0:27:02 | 0:27:06 | |
which delivers a profit of £40.17. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:11 | |
It's an impressive start from Eric, | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
but James thinks he may have got the scoop on his next deal. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:17 | |
Ooh, I'm on! | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
Hello, this is James Braxton, coming to you from the heart of the city. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:22 | |
I'm in Canary Wharf. I bought a lot of whisky | 0:27:22 | 0:27:26 | |
and I've come to see one of the world's leading mixologists. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:29 | |
I'm hoping that she'll find a goody amongst my little lot of whisky. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:33 | |
I'm rather hoping she might buy the lot! | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
James splashed £372 at auction | 0:27:36 | 0:27:39 | |
for the mixed lot of 15 bottles of whisky. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
But will they be to Hannah's taste? | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
# Yeah, I got the shakes | 0:27:44 | 0:27:48 | |
# I got the hippy-hippy shakes # | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
The whisky doesn't change inside the bottles, that's important. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:54 | |
It doesn't continue to age. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:56 | |
The moment it goes in the bottle, it's inert. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:58 | |
-You've got quite a fun one. You've got a bottle of Bells from a royal wedding. -Yes. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:03 | |
Andrew and Fergie. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
There are a few in existence. It probably doesn't have a lot of value. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:09 | |
How do you feel about giving me £500 for these? | 0:28:09 | 0:28:12 | |
450 seems about right to me. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:14 | |
Hannah, I am very, very happy, | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
not only with my cocktail but also with the price. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:19 | |
-That's very kind of you. -Terrific. -Thank you. -Thank you, James. -Cheers. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:23 | |
Yes, James gulps down a tasty profit of £78. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:27 | |
And his thirst for selling doesn't stop there. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:30 | |
James sells the early Victorian rosewood table | 0:28:30 | 0:28:32 | |
that he bought for £37.20 at the auction, | 0:28:32 | 0:28:35 | |
landing a solid profit of £27.80 | 0:28:35 | 0:28:38 | |
and regaining the lead. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:41 | |
But our Eric isn't a man to give up without a fight | 0:28:42 | 0:28:44 | |
and he's hoping to land a killer profit blow | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
as he heads to fine dining shop in Beaconsfield | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
with the Daum vase that cost just over £188.00. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:54 | |
The owner is a chap called David Shuttle. | 0:28:54 | 0:28:57 | |
I took the liberty of sending him an image | 0:28:57 | 0:29:00 | |
of my 1930s Daum glass vase. | 0:29:00 | 0:29:03 | |
He likes the look of it. I'm hoping that he likes it enough to buy it. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:08 | |
I bought this, erm, in Paris. | 0:29:08 | 0:29:13 | |
-There it is. -Can I have a touch? -Yes, do. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:16 | |
How do they get this smooth and this cut so rough? | 0:29:16 | 0:29:19 | |
It's acid cutting. | 0:29:19 | 0:29:21 | |
-"Daum..." -Yes. -"Daum, Nancy." -Nancy, France. | 0:29:21 | 0:29:24 | |
-1930. -Yes. -Or thereabouts. | 0:29:24 | 0:29:27 | |
I like it, but it all depends on the money! | 0:29:27 | 0:29:30 | |
-OK. -Tell me about it. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:32 | |
I was looking around 550. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:34 | |
I would think round about 450. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:37 | |
-450? -That's what I had in mind. -OK. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:40 | |
Go 480 and we've got ourselves a sale. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:42 | |
475 and I shake hands. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:44 | |
475. | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
The Daum vase leaves Eric with the sweet scent of £286.97 profit | 0:29:46 | 0:29:52 | |
and a healthy lead. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:54 | |
James quickly looks to respond | 0:29:54 | 0:29:56 | |
as he gallops to see a friend and art collector Monty | 0:29:56 | 0:29:59 | |
with the 1890 steeplechase painting he bought in Paris for £128.21. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:06 | |
It's a landscape. It's a very long fellow. | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
-And it's got motion. So they're going over a fence. -Yes. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:12 | |
-And I liked this bit, the asymmetry. -Yes. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:16 | |
-French artist. 1912. -Yes. | 0:30:16 | 0:30:20 | |
It's a little bit of a shame around this jockey's face | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
-where it looks like some of the paint's come away. -You're right. There's some deterioration. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:28 | |
They call this foxing. It must've been exposed to damp. | 0:30:28 | 0:30:32 | |
But you've got a nice oak frame. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:33 | |
I'd expect to see something like this | 0:30:33 | 0:30:36 | |
-around 200, 250. -Right. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:40 | |
I would like to see it around, sort of, the £60 mark. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
-£60?! Really? -Yes, I do. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:47 | |
The lowest I would take for that is £150. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:50 | |
Really? At that price, I don't think it's for me. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:53 | |
It seems Bingo may've fallen at the first hurdle. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:56 | |
But he's suddenly back in this race when Monty's wife Amanda, an avid collector herself, | 0:30:56 | 0:31:01 | |
disagrees with her husband and takes a shine to the print. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:05 | |
-It's fun. 125. -125. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:08 | |
Unfortunately for Bingo, he misses out on a profit by a nose, | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
making a loss of £3.21. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:14 | |
With that, James has now offloaded all the items he planned to sell privately. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:19 | |
Eric, though, is hoping to land one last deal. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:24 | |
I'm in Henley-on-Thames and I'm here to sell my chair. | 0:31:24 | 0:31:27 | |
But this is no ordinary chair. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:28 | |
This is a special chair, made for a specific character. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:33 | |
Eric's special chair set him back £20 | 0:31:33 | 0:31:35 | |
and he's hoping Joan, a specialist shop owner, | 0:31:35 | 0:31:38 | |
will see that he's sitting on a pot of profit. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:41 | |
-Hello, Joan. -Hi! How nice to see you! -You, too. | 0:31:41 | 0:31:45 | |
Listen, I've just announced that my chair was designed for a special character, | 0:31:45 | 0:31:50 | |
but looking around me, you're not short of characters. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:54 | |
No, we're certainly not. We've got masses of characters. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
-That's an interesting-looking chair. -I think the wood is a south-east Asian hardwood. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:02 | |
The general shape is very much sort of George III. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:06 | |
I was hoping that we might be looking around the £60 mark. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:10 | |
-I never pay more than £50 for a chair. -I'll shake on £50. -OK! | 0:32:10 | 0:32:15 | |
-So, shall I try this chap? -Of course. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:18 | |
Let's have a see what he looks like. Is he all right for scale? | 0:32:18 | 0:32:22 | |
I think he's absolutely perfect. I think we'll name that bear Eric. | 0:32:22 | 0:32:25 | |
Eric's teddy bear chair sees him sitting on a comfortable profit of £30. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:31 | |
You know you've made it in life when they name a bear after you. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:35 | |
With the Showdown auction looming and all their private sales done, | 0:32:35 | 0:32:39 | |
who's currently leading the money list | 0:32:39 | 0:32:41 | |
and who needs big-money bidders on their remaining items? | 0:32:41 | 0:32:44 | |
Eric so far has sold four of his buys | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
and turned an impressive profit of £367.14. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:51 | |
James has also sold four items but is significantly behind | 0:32:51 | 0:32:55 | |
with a profit of £116.22. | 0:32:55 | 0:33:00 | |
Our experts fought hard to track down the most profitable buyers, | 0:33:00 | 0:33:03 | |
but the remainder of this clash is now out of their hands, | 0:33:03 | 0:33:06 | |
because all their remaining items will be sold at the Showdown auction, | 0:33:06 | 0:33:11 | |
a place where their hard-nosed haggling skills | 0:33:11 | 0:33:13 | |
have absolutely no influence over what happens. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:16 | |
They're in the hands of the team at a saleroom in Leicestershire. | 0:33:16 | 0:33:20 | |
Before the auction begins, our anxious dealers assess the lie of the land. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:25 | |
This is a very difficult moment in time for me | 0:33:25 | 0:33:27 | |
because I'm actually picking up one of Bingo's purchases. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:31 | |
It's this lovely Chinese carved ivory... | 0:33:31 | 0:33:35 | |
..sort of card case. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:37 | |
It is in remarkable condition. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:40 | |
In fact, the one thing going against it is its colour | 0:33:40 | 0:33:43 | |
because it's quite white. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:46 | |
And you wouldn't expect that from something that was made | 0:33:46 | 0:33:49 | |
in around about 1850, 1870. | 0:33:49 | 0:33:52 | |
Look at this! This is Knocker's party bed, this fellow. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:55 | |
I've never seen such a wide bed in my life! | 0:33:55 | 0:33:58 | |
This is more than king-size. This is double king. | 0:33:58 | 0:34:01 | |
Anyway, it's a very impressive piece, | 0:34:01 | 0:34:03 | |
made of brass, | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
and then we've got a cast-iron frame, side rails here. | 0:34:05 | 0:34:09 | |
If you can find a boxspring and mattress big enough to sit on this fellow, | 0:34:09 | 0:34:14 | |
it is a great buy and I think he'll do well with this. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:18 | |
Having checked out each other's items, | 0:34:18 | 0:34:19 | |
our duelling dealers take their position in the auction room arena | 0:34:19 | 0:34:24 | |
and prepare themselves for the first lot at the impending battle. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:27 | |
-Eric, I'm up first, I think. -You are. -I've got the little dish. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:32 | |
The Persian white-metal dish... | 0:34:32 | 0:34:34 | |
James paid £25 at the antiques fair for the dish. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:37 | |
But when the lot comes up... | 0:34:37 | 0:34:40 | |
Opening bid on my book here... | 0:34:40 | 0:34:42 | |
..our experts are somewhat distracted. | 0:34:42 | 0:34:45 | |
-AUCTIONEER DROWNS OUT CHATTER -18. 20... | 0:34:45 | 0:34:49 | |
£25, I'm bid. 28. 30. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:51 | |
-32 with the net now. -32! | 0:34:51 | 0:34:54 | |
£32 bid. Selling at 32. | 0:34:54 | 0:34:58 | |
I think that's a profit. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:00 | |
Unfortunately not, James, after fees. | 0:35:00 | 0:35:03 | |
The metal bowl has served up a small loss of £4.35. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:07 | |
But Bingo doesn't have time to dwell on his loss | 0:35:07 | 0:35:10 | |
because next under the hammer is his prize lot. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:13 | |
This is my big fellow coming up. | 0:35:13 | 0:35:15 | |
Cantonese, eh? Carved ivory. | 0:35:15 | 0:35:17 | |
James paid £50 for the 1850 ivory card case, | 0:35:17 | 0:35:21 | |
but he valued it at ten times that. | 0:35:21 | 0:35:23 | |
So as it goes under the hammer, will it deliver the profit Bingo expects? | 0:35:23 | 0:35:28 | |
-What are we going to start with, then? -200. -50. 60. 70. 80. 90. 100. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:34 | |
120. 140. 160. 180. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:35 | |
260. 280. 300. 320... | 0:35:35 | 0:35:37 | |
Oh, you're motoring! | 0:35:37 | 0:35:39 | |
-Come on, a bit more. -..340. 360. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:41 | |
-380. 420? -420. Come on! | 0:35:41 | 0:35:45 | |
-Come on, China! -460 now... -460. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:48 | |
-I'm bidding against myself here! -..480. 500... -Good lad. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:52 | |
..520. 540. | 0:35:52 | 0:35:54 | |
-Last chance here... -That's a belter. -..£540. | 0:35:54 | 0:35:58 | |
£540! Eh, come on, Bingo! | 0:35:58 | 0:36:01 | |
I think the word is "Bingo!" | 0:36:01 | 0:36:05 | |
James's card case earns him a mighty profit | 0:36:05 | 0:36:08 | |
of £387.21, after fees, | 0:36:08 | 0:36:11 | |
and knocks Knocker for six. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:13 | |
I think I might as well go home early! Take an early bath, as they say! | 0:36:13 | 0:36:18 | |
Don't worry about me, I'll be all right. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:20 | |
Of course you will, Eric. Thankfully for Knocker, there's the chance to retaliate, | 0:36:20 | 0:36:24 | |
as his £25 Lionel Edwards painting goes under the hammer next. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:28 | |
He's hopeful it'll ring up a big profit. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:32 | |
-25... -£25. Oh, no. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:35 | |
-25? -25 pound? | 0:36:35 | 0:36:38 | |
-Selling... -25 pound... Ouch. | 0:36:38 | 0:36:41 | |
Ouch indeed! Because once house fees have been deducted, | 0:36:41 | 0:36:44 | |
Eric makes a loss of £8.55. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:48 | |
-I think we're in the ditch. -I think I am very much in the brink on that one. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:54 | |
There is some comfort for Knocker, though, | 0:36:54 | 0:36:56 | |
when James's 1850 mother-of-pearl card case | 0:36:56 | 0:36:59 | |
makes a loss of £18.69, after fees, | 0:36:59 | 0:37:03 | |
a result that leaves both dealers lost for answers. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:06 | |
You know, I can't explain that situation. | 0:37:06 | 0:37:09 | |
I mean, I saw that as at least £100, maybe 150. | 0:37:09 | 0:37:14 | |
James is hoping for a more profitable return though, | 0:37:14 | 0:37:16 | |
as his final item, the 1907 royal portrait costing £20, goes up for sale. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:22 | |
Fiver bid. £8. £10. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:25 | |
£10. 12. 15. | 0:37:25 | 0:37:28 | |
With me on commission at 15. 18. 20. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:30 | |
30. Go on. You're ahead. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
-32. 32 bid. 35. -Well done. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
42 bid. 42. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:38 | |
-It's a good old scrap, isn't it? -It is. -Internet versus room. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:42 | |
-He's not going to let it go. -He's not. He's got himself here. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:47 | |
..£45 and away. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:50 | |
James is back in the black, as he snaps up a profit of £11.31 on the photograph. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:55 | |
With that, he's all sold up. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:57 | |
But Eric has still got three of his lots left to sell, | 0:37:57 | 0:38:00 | |
including two big-money items, | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
so he's hoping to make up ground on James. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
First up, it's the regency mahogany table | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
that cost £297.60. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:11 | |
£100 for that. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:13 | |
£100. 45 bid. 45 bid. No reserve. It will be sold. | 0:38:13 | 0:38:18 | |
50 in the room. Five. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:20 | |
-60. £60 I'm bid. -Oh, come on. | 0:38:20 | 0:38:23 | |
-ERIC GROANS -60 I'm bid. 60 at the door. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:26 | |
All finished and away, then, at £60. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:29 | |
Eric, can I close your mouth? | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
And that leaves Eric with a gobsmacking loss | 0:38:31 | 0:38:34 | |
of £252.45, | 0:38:34 | 0:38:37 | |
and in considerable shock. | 0:38:37 | 0:38:39 | |
Words are just not... They're not coming. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:42 | |
Tears are. Tears are coming. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:45 | |
Before tears get a chance to arrive, though, | 0:38:45 | 0:38:47 | |
Eric needs to steady himself for his next lot, | 0:38:47 | 0:38:50 | |
the 1980s brass bed he laid out £161.20 on. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:56 | |
How do you feel about your bed? | 0:38:56 | 0:38:57 | |
-Is it going to be a winner? -To be frank with you, James, | 0:38:57 | 0:39:00 | |
I'm having one of those days when I wish I'd not got out of bed. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:04 | |
-This would scrap at least 300 to 400 pounds. -Really? | 0:39:04 | 0:39:08 | |
King-size bed. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:09 | |
Absolutely sparkling, this one. | 0:39:09 | 0:39:11 | |
28. 30. 32. 35. | 0:39:11 | 0:39:13 | |
It scraps for 300 quid. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:16 | |
-£40 I'm bid. -Come on. -Are you all done? | 0:39:16 | 0:39:19 | |
Well, I think I've gone down for a three-figure sum there. | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
Lady Luck isn't smiling on Eric, | 0:39:22 | 0:39:24 | |
as he endures yet another colossal loss | 0:39:24 | 0:39:27 | |
of £132.45, after fees. | 0:39:27 | 0:39:31 | |
The auction room battle for Showdown superstardom | 0:39:31 | 0:39:33 | |
has proved disastrous for Eric so far, | 0:39:33 | 0:39:36 | |
with all his items making losses. | 0:39:36 | 0:39:38 | |
Knocker has one last shot at profit redemption. | 0:39:38 | 0:39:42 | |
-I've got one more lot. -On what? | 0:39:42 | 0:39:44 | |
And I think it's fair to say I'm not holding my breath. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:49 | |
Eric paid £20 for the 1920s card table, | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
but will it be his first profit of the day? | 0:39:52 | 0:39:55 | |
-Metamorphic card table... -Go for it. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:58 | |
He's trying hard, is our auctioneer. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:00 | |
10. 10 pounds. 12. 15. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:04 | |
18. 22. 25? | 0:40:04 | 0:40:08 | |
-Come on, give us another. -25. -Give us another. | 0:40:08 | 0:40:11 | |
It's 25 and away. | 0:40:11 | 0:40:13 | |
So no joy for Eric as he makes a clean sweep of losses at the auction, | 0:40:13 | 0:40:18 | |
ending up £3.55 down on the table. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:21 | |
It's been a roller-coaster ride for our battling boys, but all their items are now sold. | 0:40:21 | 0:40:26 | |
All that remains is to find out who is the victor. | 0:40:26 | 0:40:30 | |
-You're still smiling, Eric. All credit to you. -You've got to. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:33 | |
It's not my finest hour, in all fairness. | 0:40:33 | 0:40:36 | |
I'm just mindful that this is a competition over five days, so, er... | 0:40:36 | 0:40:41 | |
But credit due where credit's due. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:43 | |
You did well today. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:45 | |
I think I took today, but I'm unsure about the others. | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
We'll never know until we get those final scores. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:50 | |
Our battling bargaineers each started out | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
with £1,000 of their own money to spend. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:56 | |
Eric's Showdown buys cost him a total of £791.66. | 0:40:56 | 0:41:01 | |
James spent a total of £703.78. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:08 | |
But the only thing that matters now is who's made the most profit. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:13 | |
All of the money that Eric and James have made will be going to charities of their choice. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:18 | |
Let's find out who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:23 | |
-Ah, Mr Braxton! -How are you? -Well... | 0:41:23 | 0:41:27 | |
There were a few positives about my Showdown. | 0:41:27 | 0:41:31 | |
I did manage to get a good price on my Daum. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:35 | |
I did not oversell it, I sold it at a very reasonable price. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:38 | |
-But when it came to the auction, it was a dark day! -A dark day. | 0:41:38 | 0:41:44 | |
Out of the auction, my whisky did well | 0:41:44 | 0:41:46 | |
and, of course, my Cantonese card case, for all to see at the auction. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:52 | |
-Shall we just do it? -Yes, come on. -Because I know this is going to hurt a lot. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:56 | |
Three, two, one... | 0:41:56 | 0:41:58 | |
-Oh, I've never seen a red one. -A red one! | 0:41:58 | 0:42:00 | |
I've never seen... Listen, it could've been worse. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:03 | |
So, it's Showdown victory for James. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:05 | |
But our experts have been building up their profit stashes over a week of challenges. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:09 | |
Let's find out how much they've made in total. | 0:42:09 | 0:42:13 | |
BOTH: One, two, three... | 0:42:13 | 0:42:15 | |
-Not a million miles away! -No. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:19 | |
-I came from behind on this one. -You certainly did. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:22 | |
But every dog has his day. | 0:42:22 | 0:42:24 | |
In this case, it's you, so woof-woof. | 0:42:24 | 0:42:28 | |
So not only is James our Showdown Champion, | 0:42:28 | 0:42:31 | |
he also came out on top throughout the week's head-to-head challenges. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:35 | |
I've snatched victory from Knocker. | 0:42:35 | 0:42:37 | |
With that amazing auction result, I've managed to pull through | 0:42:37 | 0:42:41 | |
and overall victory is Bingo's. | 0:42:41 | 0:42:45 | |
Well, it was all going so swimmingly well | 0:42:45 | 0:42:48 | |
and then I entered the auction from hell. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:51 | |
But it was Bingo's calling-card case | 0:42:51 | 0:42:53 | |
that sealed the fate of Knocker Knowles. | 0:42:53 | 0:42:57 | |
Both our experts have made fantastic profits. | 0:42:57 | 0:43:00 | |
So, where is the money going? | 0:43:00 | 0:43:02 | |
My profits are going to the Brain Tumour Research charity. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:05 | |
My chosen charity is Charlie's Challenge. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:08 | |
It raises money to research cancer in children. | 0:43:08 | 0:43:12 | |
I've chosen it because I know Charlie | 0:43:12 | 0:43:14 | |
and he survived cancer at an early age. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:17 | |
It's been a week of all-out action and hard-fought close combat. | 0:43:17 | 0:43:21 | |
Eric and James have both put their money where their mouths are | 0:43:21 | 0:43:24 | |
and proved that they can make big profits from antiques | 0:43:24 | 0:43:27 | |
when their own money is on the line. | 0:43:27 | 0:43:30 | |
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