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This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

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We pitch TV's best-loved antiques experts against each other

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in an all-out battle for profit...

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Whaa-hay!

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..and give you the insider's view of the trade.

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I'm on the case.

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-Whoo-hoo!

-One pair of duelling dealers

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will face a different daily challenge...

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-I'm a cheeky chancer.

-Lovely!

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..putting their reputations on the line

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and giving you top tips and savvy secrets

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on how to make the most money from buying and selling.

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Let's go and spend some money.

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Get in there!

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Hold onto your hats, people, we're ready for take-off,

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because this is The Almighty Showdown,

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the fiercest battle our duelling antiques dealers have faced yet.

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Our finely-honed profit-hunters will be tested to the max,

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as they're sent on a mission to scour the country and Continent

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to plunder the finest treasures they can find

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and then they must sell them on for maximum profit.

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Coming up, Eric reveals the tactics that made him a legend...

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I buy everything with a view to doubling my money.

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..James has dark predictions for the battle ahead...

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It's going to be pretty bloody.

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..and there's an auction-room first as Knocker's knocked for six.

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Words are just not... They're not coming.

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Tears are! Tears are coming.

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It promises to be clash that will go down in antiques history,

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as our experts go head-to-head for the title.

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This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

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In today's showdown,

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our duelling dealers face off in one final fight for profit

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and for ultimate victory over their opponent.

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Our trading titans are two of the world's most esteemed treasure hunters.

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First up is the Earl of Earthenware, the Arch Duke of Art Deco,

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it's Burnley's blue-blooded Baron of Antiques...

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And ready to rumble in the opposite corner is the Viscount of Valuables,

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the Prince of Pictures and Portraits,

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it's the auctioneer who knows no fear...

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Our dealers will need to use their knowledge,

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expertise and skill to emerge victorious.

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They both have £1,000 of their own money to spend

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and the winner of this challenge will be the one who makes the most profit,

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and that profit will go to a charity of their choice.

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Let the battle begin.

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Mate, once again, and we've made it to the end of the week!

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Final day.

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-It's the Showdown!

-The mighty Showdown.

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And here we are in Ardingly.

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With a title like "Showdown",

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we should be at the OK Corral like a couple of gunslingers.

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It's a vast, almost like a poultry shed in here.

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It is, isn't it?

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Now, listen, I've got some info. Do you want to start us off?

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What does it say? I've not brought my specs.

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"Welcome to the mighty Showdown. The rules are simple.

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"You must each buy two items at every one of your regular Put Your Money challenges.

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"You have £1,000 to spend."

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It then goes on to say, "You can sell up to four items wherever you want.

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"The rest will be sold at an auction in Leicestershire,

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"in direct competition with your opponent."

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-That's you and me.

-You and I.

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"The winner is the dealer who makes the most profit."

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-Token "Good luck".

-That's very generous, isn't it?

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I think we might need it!

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But having said that, go for it, kid.

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-Go for it.

-Good luck.

-See you!

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Yes, this Showdown ain't big enough for the two of them. There can only be one victor.

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Both our buying banditos know that the £1,000 they have to spend

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must cover any restoration, repairs and buying fees.

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Eric and James will be buying from their usual hunting grounds,

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a UK antiques market,

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a foreign antiques market,

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an auction and a car boot sale.

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-BELL RINGS

-Round 1 for our bargain buccaneers

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is the antiques fair.

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The arena for this clash is the Ardingly International Antique and Collectables Fair in East Sussex,

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where hundreds of potential money-making items

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are just waiting to be snapped up.

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Now, like a man from the Wild West pioneering the frontier,

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Eric is blazing a trail in search of profit-making items to lasso.

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And he's quick to set his sights on a picture.

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I'm just intrigued with your, erm,

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your Lionel Edwards.

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Actually, it looks like it's a print that's been over-painted.

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-Is that the best, 30 quid?

-Er... It can be 25.

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-25. I'll buy it.

-Good.

-Easy as that.

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I bought this painted print. It's been overpainted, but it's purely decorative.

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It's Lionel Edwards. He's very well-known for his hunting subjects

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and horse subjects in general.

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I'm thinking this is probably maybe 1920s or thereabouts.

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As for me, at 25 quid I've taken a bit of a punt.

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Our Eric's not horsing around

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as he gallops into an early lead by bagging the print for £25.

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And without pausing for breath, he ropes in his second buy.

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The King of Antiques pays £20 for a figurine of Her Majesty The Queen,

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made to commemorate her 80th birthday in 2006.

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Well, I was motivated by what you might call the two Ps -

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patriotism and profit.

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Because a Royal Worcester figure of Her Majesty The Queen for £20

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has got to be a good deal.

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Eric has rounded up his two antique-fair items,

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while James is still to buy.

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But, like the sheriff riding into town,

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Bingo is quick to restore order, spying an Indian silver dish.

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I could make that 25 to you.

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Michael, I'll have it. That's very kind of you.

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Bingo's first buy is in the bag.

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I like this little silver dish. Indian. It's got this lovely decoration here.

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Michael, who sold it to me, tested it. It's unmarked.

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The solvent came up a very deep red, which denotes a high silver content.

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I only paid £25. I'm hoping for a profit.

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Sheriff Braxton doesn't stop there.

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Bingo squares things up by buying an early 20th-century photo of the Royal Family for £20.

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I bought this fellow.

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Great fun. It's a sort of royal portrait.

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But the only person who seems to be smiling

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is old top dog here - Edward VII.

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So here he is, on his own manor, in Windsor Castle,

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and various selected heads of European states here.

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It's 1907. It's a great loo picture, isn't it?

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Hang it in the loo, next door to the yacht that you always wanted to own.

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Clearly Bingo is thinking of staking his claim to the Showdown Throne with that purchase.

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Round 1 has a patriotic feel,

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with both antiques experts buying royal memorabilia.

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But how much have our brave boys spent?

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Eric and James' Showdown budget is £1,000.

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Eric spent £45 on his two lots, leaving him with £955 in his kitty.

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By pure chance, James has spent exactly the same amount,

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parting with £45,

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so he's also left with £955 for the remaining three rounds.

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-BELLS RINGS

-It's neck and neck

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as the bell rings for Round 2.

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Our treasure-hunting titans are going cosmopolitan,

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as they hit the stylish streets of Paris

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and head for the Bastille Antiques Market.

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Here, Eric and James must hunt down two items each.

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With grim determination, they begin working their way through the 450 stalls,

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spread over a kilometre of ground.

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But this challenge is not going to be easy.

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I've yet to find that one thing that's given me what you might call the "wow" factor.

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Because, hopefully, IF and when I find it and I buy it,

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you hope that whoever you sell it to

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shares the same emotion.

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If they do, you've got yourself a winner.

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Luckily, expert Eric knows exactly what he's looking for

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and when he finds it, he's quick to pounce,

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buying an engraved Lalique glass ashtray for £59.83.

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Our Lancashire lad is chuffed to bits.

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It's always nice to make a purchase.

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I've gone with an old friend,

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although he was long dead when this was made in the 1960s.

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It's crystal Lalique.

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It features this sort of sailing ship.

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I've paid, erm, what, 70 euros, which I think is a fair price.

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There's not a big margin in it for me

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unless I can find somebody who's big on shipping

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and big on Lalique at the same time.

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That's a tall order, Eric.

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But Bingo Braxton has spotted what could be his first foreign profitable plunder.

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He pays £128.21 for a painting of a steeplechase.

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I like this composition.

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We've got the artist's name here.

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It's dated 1912.

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I like the shape of it. It's a very long landscape.

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We've got foxing and staining down here,

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and it's all because of this -

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the paper has deteriorated

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and it's allowed moisture and dirt to actually creep in.

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It's priced at 280.

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It was mine for 150.

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Well, jolly nice work, Bingo.

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Both our dealing dynamos need one more purchase in Paris.

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The race is on to find that little piece of je ne sais quoi

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that could be the coup de grace.

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And James has just spotted a piece of pottery that looks very, very British.

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The nice thing about this particular dish, it's made by Wade Pottery.

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It's all written on the back for you.

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It's a 1929 Bentley of Dorothy Paget and Henry Birkin Team.

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Birkin was the great racer

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and Dorothy Paget was a very wealthy lady.

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I know quite a few car enthusiasts, petrol heads, who will love this.

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Excusez moi, monsieur, vingt euros, s'il vous plait?

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-It's 25.

-25?

-Yes.

-OK.

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Merci, monsieur. Merci.

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Bingo va-va-vooms his way to the Bentley dish for £21.37.

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The speedy spender from Sussex has done all he can in Paris

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to give himself the best shot at the Showdown title.

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It's all down to Eric. He might've found what he's looking for.

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It's French, it's glass, it's Art Deco

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and it's got his name written all over it.

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I'm looking at a Daum vase.

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I'm looking at a vase that dates to 1930.

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It has got a signature.

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If I point it out to you, it's down there.

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So this is made in Nancy.

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I rather like that.

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I'm just checking it for chips. I don't see anything really wrong with it.

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It's got a price tag of 280 euros.

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It's quite thinly-walled. They made two types.

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Some of them were quite thick. This one's a thinly-walled one.

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It's got acid cutting.

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It gives the texture of granulated ice, almost.

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Eric goes in for the kill.

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-220.

-220.

-OK.

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He seals a deal on the 1930s vase for just over £188.00.

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And with that, Round 2 in Paris is done and dusted.

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Our purchasing powerhouses have landed all the punches they can,

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so let's see how much they've spent.

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Our boys started out with a Showdown budget of £1,000.

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Eric has now spent £292.86,

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leaving him with £707.14 in his kitty.

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James has spent £194.58,

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giving him £805.42 to spend in the remaining two rounds.

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The battleground for Round 3 is Sworders Auction in Essex

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and, as auctioneers themselves, both our competitors are about to step up a gear.

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Well, James, this has to be the toughest call of all the showdowns.

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I've got a lot of money. I've got £800.

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I'm like you. I've got money to spend.

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The important thing is, I want to spend it wisely.

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-Whatever happens, just go for it.

-Yes. Good luck.

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They may be encouraging words from Eric,

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but both those antiques heavyweights have their eyes fixed firmly on the prize

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to be crowned the Showdown King.

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Like lions stalking their prey, they take up their positions in the auction room,

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biding their time as the lots come up.

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It's Bingo who's first to pounce.

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The next lot, I'm really after.

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This is 15 bottles, a mixed lot of whisky.

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I know there's going to be a lot of competition for it. It's going to be pretty bloody.

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Estimate - 50 to 100.

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I think it's going to be around 150 to 200.

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-..130, 140...

-As the bidding begins, will Bingo be proved right?

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..200. 220. 240.

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260. 280. 300.

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In the room at £300. All finished at £300?

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I'm going to turn 300 into at least 500.

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Ooh! Confident words from Mr Braxton,

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despite paying over three times the reserve price.

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He takes home the mixed lot of 15 bottles of whisky

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for £372, including costs.

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This is the lot I bought.

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It's principally Scottish malt whisky.

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We've got some old fellows.

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We've got a very nice presentation case here.

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This looks rather special, doesn't it?

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This is the Aberlour.

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It comes in a fabulous presentation case.

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It's distilled in 1970,

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bottled in 1991.

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That's a fabulous lot. 42 years old.

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That's got to be 50 to 200.

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So I think this is going to be a good little earner for me.

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And Bingo's firing on all cylinders, because without stopping for breath

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he lands a Regency rosewood table at a total cost of £37.20.

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This is my bargain of the day. Lot 342.

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Very nice rosewood here.

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Very nice circles here.

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I think it's sort of bird's-eye maple going on.

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The only problem is, missing one of its feet. I've got three feet here.

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I can get these turned out of rosewood. It'll look fabulous.

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In the catalogue, it's described as Regency.

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I think that's pushing it slightly.

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I think it'd be best to say early Victorian. It's pre-1850.

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James has bagged his two required items

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and now the pressure is all on Eric to match his rival's purchasing prowess.

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He bides his time, before plunging into the bidding on a mahogany table

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with an estimate of £200 to £300.

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240. 240. Gentleman's bid at 240. Selling in the room at £240.

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And Knocker stealthily nabs the Victorian mahogany table

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for £297.60, with commission.

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Let me make this absolutely clear.

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I did not buy this Victorian glass epergne.

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What I did buy was this lovely Pembroke breakfast table.

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It's Victorian. It dates to around about 1840, 1860.

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But the beauty of this table is all hidden, because it's all here, underneath.

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It's all in this support,

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with these wonderful, strong sort of spreading legs

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and, if you look carefully here, these lovely sabot

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or, should I say, the caps on the end of each of the feet.

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And underneath, white ceramic casters.

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Very popular in and around about 1850.

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Well, it's very much sort of got a Gillows feel about it.

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It's very fashionable to tell everybody that a piece of furniture is by Gillows.

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But there's just little bits of detail here.

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There's a little bit of ebony stringing here

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that you do find on Victorian Gillows furniture.

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Having paid just short of £300 for this,

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I think that I've got to be asking at least 400 to 500 for it.

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It's just a matter of finding somebody who's got impeccable taste.

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And Eric's not sleeping on the job, as he soon follows up with purchase number two,

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a Victorian-style brass double bed he bought for £161.20,

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including fees.

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I had my eye on this particular bed and I'm glad I've got it,

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although it's the first time I've ever bought a brass bed.

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I think for £130, plus the premium,

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I've got myself something of a bargain.

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So, will Eric's Victorian table and brass bed furnish him with a tidy profit?

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And will Bingo be able to turn his 15 bottles of whisky into competition-winning cash?

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With that in mind, let's see how their finances are currently faring.

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Both our boys started the Showdown with £1,000.

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Eric has spent £751.66,

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leaving £248.34 in his kitty.

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James has parted with slightly less, £603.78,

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meaning he has £396.22 going into Round 4.

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-BELLS RINGS

-And so it begins,

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the Final Round in this clash of the antiques aristocracy.

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It's time for our brave boys to show they can spot the treasure amongst the trash

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as they take their marks at a car-boot sale in Melton Mowbray.

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Well, the Showdown items are coming together.

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There's definitely a couple of items that I'm very keen to have.

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It's just a matter of, dare I say, putting my money where my mouth is.

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Yes, that's exactly the name of the game, Eric.

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Knocker's first off the profit-hunting starting grid,

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but as he pulls into his first stall

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he has an important question for the vendor.

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How much does it cost to put somebody's bottom on that chair?

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Or in layman's terms, "How much?"

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£25?

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I've got a £20 note. Would 20 buy it?

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-Yes.

-All right. £20. We'll have it.

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Bring it here.

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Nice thumbshake, Eric.

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And he zooms into pole position with that first buy at the boot sale.

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I've just bought this Georgian-style miniature armchair

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for the princely sum of £20.

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This sort of thing has been made in the Far East

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and this, I can tell you now,

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is probably a little more than 20 or 25 years in age.

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I buy everything with a view to doubling my money.

0:18:420:18:44

I think I'm in with a chance with this. It's no great work of art.

0:18:440:18:48

There's no great cabinet-making going on here.

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It's just a lovely little miniature chair.

0:18:510:18:54

Not willing to languish in last position,

0:18:540:18:56

Bingo puts his pedal to the metal in search of his profit busters

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and he homes in on two card cases.

0:19:000:19:03

-How much have you got on that?

-That's 50.

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-50. And what's that?

-And that's 50.

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I'll give you 50 for that. I'll give you 50 for that. Thank you very much indeed.

0:19:090:19:14

In a shock move, Bingo Braxton bags both his items at once,

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overtaking his nemesis and crossing the finish line first.

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He pays £50 apiece for a Chinese card case and a mother-of-pearl card case.

0:19:220:19:27

This is a Chinese, Cantonese ivory card case,

0:19:270:19:31

made for the European market. You keep visiting cards in there.

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This fellow - 1890, 1900,

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when people were giving visiting cards,

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so well before the 1947 act restraining the trade of ivory.

0:19:400:19:45

I'm rather hoping that it makes somewhere between 500 and 2,000.

0:19:450:19:51

On the same stall, I also bought another card case,

0:19:510:19:55

mother of pearl this time.

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I bought this, again, for £50.

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This is probably going to make 100, maybe 150.

0:19:580:20:02

With Bingo's mission complete, Eric needs to power home with a final piece

0:20:020:20:06

if he's to keep his Showdown dreams alive.

0:20:060:20:09

And when the Lieutenant of the Loot spies this metal-topped reversible card table,

0:20:090:20:13

he snaps it up for £20.

0:20:130:20:16

If we turn it upside down

0:20:170:20:19

we find that we have got,

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when I get it right, yes, pull that back, out we go

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and an envelope table falls out to become, yes, a card table.

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Date-wise, we're looking at the first, perhaps, er,

0:20:300:20:34

two decades of the 20th century.

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Now, granted, it could do with being rebaized,

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but if I can't make a profit at auction,

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well, hey, I must be in the wrong business.

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So the final round is over and our swashbuckling spenders have bought all they can.

0:20:460:20:51

Will Knocker's games table put him in pole position

0:20:510:20:53

or will Bingo pull the biggest profit with his card cases?

0:20:530:20:58

Our rummaging rivals each started the day

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with £1,000 of their own money to spend.

0:21:010:21:03

Eric's Showdown selection has cost him £791.66.

0:21:030:21:08

James has spent less in his bid for victory -

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a total of £703.78.

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Buying over, there's just enough time for our profit-hunters

0:21:150:21:19

to show each other a glimpse of their wares.

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You've got to admit that you had to plough through an awful lot of rubble

0:21:210:21:26

to find anything of any real merit.

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It was. And it was so dispersed, wasn't it?

0:21:290:21:32

-So show me what you bought, James.

-Well, this is what I bought.

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-I bought this rather nice little mother-of-pearl fellow.

-That's lovely!

0:21:360:21:40

-How much, James?

-50 pounds.

0:21:400:21:43

50 pounds very well-spent.

0:21:430:21:44

What else did you buy?

0:21:440:21:46

I bought this, Eric. I bought it at the same time.

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So we're talking Canton, 1860, 1880.

0:21:490:21:53

-How much did you get that for?

-I paid exactly the same price. I paid £50.

0:21:530:21:58

You've never seen a man get out 100 quid so quickly.

0:21:580:22:01

-So, are you putting any to auction?

-I can't make my mind up.

0:22:010:22:05

One or the other is going to go into the auction.

0:22:050:22:09

I'm going to put these two into auction, I think.

0:22:090:22:12

I have to say, James, if I can quote a certain Mr Arthur Daley,

0:22:120:22:16

-"I think you're in for a nice little earner, my son."

-Thank you, Eric.

0:22:160:22:20

-Just wish me the same!

-I will!

0:22:200:22:23

Now, buying their booty was just the start of today's ultimate challenge

0:22:250:22:29

for Showdown glory.

0:22:290:22:30

Eric and James must now transform into selling superstars

0:22:300:22:34

as they look to offload their items for maximum profit.

0:22:340:22:38

Our eminent experts now have to sell all their items.

0:22:380:22:41

But the Showdown has a twist... The auction!

0:22:410:22:45

Eric and James must each put half their items under the hammer,

0:22:450:22:48

where they'll have no haggling power

0:22:480:22:51

over what the buyers will be willing to pay.

0:22:510:22:53

They might see their profit soar or they might lose everything.

0:22:530:22:57

Over at Knocker Knowles's lair in Buckinghamshire, Eric is sizing up his stash.

0:22:580:23:03

Well, what have I got?

0:23:030:23:05

I've got my chair, which I think is going to sell itself.

0:23:050:23:09

I've got my little Lalique cendrier,

0:23:090:23:12

or, if you prefer, ashtray.

0:23:120:23:14

Yes, batting for me, I've got Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth,

0:23:140:23:19

a patriotic pal.

0:23:190:23:21

And finally, that lovely Art Deco vase,

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dating from the 1925, 1935 period.

0:23:250:23:29

Eric must also sell the 1920s Lionel Edwards painting,

0:23:290:23:33

the Victorian mahogany table,

0:23:330:23:35

the 1980s Victorian-style brass bed

0:23:350:23:39

and the 1920s metamorphic card table.

0:23:390:23:42

All in all, what you're looking at is ammunition

0:23:420:23:46

because this is a duel, Mr Braxton,

0:23:460:23:49

and I sincerely hope that you do choose your pistols well.

0:23:490:23:53

Fighting talk from Knocker Knowles.

0:23:530:23:56

But over in East Sussex, James is also feeling confident

0:23:560:23:58

as he assesses his haul.

0:23:590:24:00

I'm surrounded by these four items that I'm going to retell.

0:24:000:24:04

I've got the rosewood table, rather nicely inlaid,

0:24:040:24:07

missing one of its bun feet, which doesn't help it.

0:24:070:24:10

I love the steeplechasing watercolour there.

0:24:100:24:14

Also, the Bentley dish there, made by Wade.

0:24:140:24:17

It cost me under £22.

0:24:170:24:19

Showdown-wise, I think it hinges on the whisky.

0:24:190:24:23

This is where I could make my money and what could knock-out old Knocker.

0:24:230:24:28

James must also sell the early 20th-century Persian metal bowl,

0:24:280:24:32

the 1907 Royal Family portrait, the 1850 mother-of-pearl card case

0:24:320:24:38

and the 1850 Cantonese ivory card case.

0:24:380:24:41

So the time for talk is over.

0:24:410:24:44

Our experts need to back-up their words with actions

0:24:440:24:47

as they hit the selling trail.

0:24:470:24:48

Remember, no deal is truly sealed until they've shaken on it.

0:24:480:24:53

James is the quickest off the starting grid,

0:24:530:24:56

having got his first potential buyer to come to him.

0:24:560:24:59

I'm waiting for a friend to come in a rather special car,

0:24:590:25:02

to sell him this dish.

0:25:020:25:05

When he arrives, he'll know why I want to sell him this particular dish.

0:25:050:25:09

Bingo paid £21.37 for the dish in Paris.

0:25:090:25:12

But will classic car enthusiast John drive up a profit for him?

0:25:120:25:17

-James!

-What about my little dish? The 4.5-litre Bentley.

0:25:170:25:22

-Super-charged. There it is.

-Yes. Beautiful car.

0:25:220:25:25

-Lovely car, isn't it?

-I'd love one of those(!)

0:25:250:25:29

The good news is, the dish is considerably cheaper than the model.

0:25:290:25:33

How old do you think it is?

0:25:330:25:35

I think it's about 1950s. It's made by this manufacturer called Wade.

0:25:350:25:39

I want to try and get £80 for that.

0:25:390:25:43

£80! I think that's probably a bit rich.

0:25:430:25:46

How does 30 or 40, on the toss of a coin, sound?

0:25:460:25:50

How about 35 or 45 on the toss of a coin?

0:25:500:25:54

Go on.

0:25:540:25:56

-Heads.

-Heads it is.

0:25:560:25:59

-35 pounds! James, thanks very much!

-JAMES LAUGHS

0:25:590:26:03

He may've lost the coin toss, but James still pockets a £13.63 profit.

0:26:030:26:08

But Eric looks to retaliate

0:26:100:26:12

as he takes the figurine of the Queen, bought for £20,

0:26:120:26:15

to an antique centre in Stoke-on-Trent

0:26:150:26:18

to show owner Bill.

0:26:180:26:20

Here she is in all her, er, all her regalia.

0:26:200:26:24

-Royal Worcester.

-Yes.

0:26:240:26:26

It was done for the 80th birthday of the Queen in 2006.

0:26:260:26:29

Unfortunately, this one was mass produced.

0:26:290:26:32

-Value-wise, not too much.

-Not too much?

-No.

0:26:320:26:35

I was looking for sort of 50 quid, but you come at me, Bill.

0:26:350:26:39

I'd like to pay you £30, Eric, for that.

0:26:390:26:42

-£30 and it's yours.

-OK, great.

0:26:420:26:43

It may not be a regal sum, but Eric still earns £10 profit.

0:26:430:26:49

I think it's a bit squalid to haggle over Her Majesty The Queen,

0:26:490:26:52

so I was happy to accept a 50-percent profit

0:26:520:26:55

and all's well at my end.

0:26:550:26:57

And Knocker's not stopping there.

0:26:570:26:59

He launches himself into the lead when he strikes a deal

0:26:590:27:02

on the 1965 Caravelle Lalique ashtray that he bought in Paris,

0:27:020:27:06

which delivers a profit of £40.17.

0:27:060:27:11

It's an impressive start from Eric,

0:27:110:27:13

but James thinks he may have got the scoop on his next deal.

0:27:130:27:17

Ooh, I'm on!

0:27:170:27:19

Hello, this is James Braxton, coming to you from the heart of the city.

0:27:190:27:22

I'm in Canary Wharf. I bought a lot of whisky

0:27:220:27:26

and I've come to see one of the world's leading mixologists.

0:27:260:27:29

I'm hoping that she'll find a goody amongst my little lot of whisky.

0:27:290:27:33

I'm rather hoping she might buy the lot!

0:27:330:27:36

James splashed £372 at auction

0:27:360:27:39

for the mixed lot of 15 bottles of whisky.

0:27:390:27:41

But will they be to Hannah's taste?

0:27:410:27:44

# Yeah, I got the shakes

0:27:440:27:48

# I got the hippy-hippy shakes #

0:27:480:27:50

The whisky doesn't change inside the bottles, that's important.

0:27:500:27:54

It doesn't continue to age.

0:27:540:27:56

The moment it goes in the bottle, it's inert.

0:27:560:27:58

-You've got quite a fun one. You've got a bottle of Bells from a royal wedding.

-Yes.

0:27:580:28:03

Andrew and Fergie.

0:28:030:28:05

There are a few in existence. It probably doesn't have a lot of value.

0:28:050:28:09

How do you feel about giving me £500 for these?

0:28:090:28:12

450 seems about right to me.

0:28:120:28:14

Hannah, I am very, very happy,

0:28:140:28:17

not only with my cocktail but also with the price.

0:28:170:28:19

-That's very kind of you.

-Terrific.

-Thank you.

-Thank you, James.

-Cheers.

0:28:190:28:23

Yes, James gulps down a tasty profit of £78.

0:28:230:28:27

And his thirst for selling doesn't stop there.

0:28:270:28:30

James sells the early Victorian rosewood table

0:28:300:28:32

that he bought for £37.20 at the auction,

0:28:320:28:35

landing a solid profit of £27.80

0:28:350:28:38

and regaining the lead.

0:28:380:28:41

But our Eric isn't a man to give up without a fight

0:28:420:28:44

and he's hoping to land a killer profit blow

0:28:440:28:47

as he heads to fine dining shop in Beaconsfield

0:28:470:28:50

with the Daum vase that cost just over £188.00.

0:28:500:28:54

The owner is a chap called David Shuttle.

0:28:540:28:57

I took the liberty of sending him an image

0:28:570:29:00

of my 1930s Daum glass vase.

0:29:000:29:03

He likes the look of it. I'm hoping that he likes it enough to buy it.

0:29:030:29:08

I bought this, erm, in Paris.

0:29:080:29:13

-There it is.

-Can I have a touch?

-Yes, do.

0:29:130:29:16

How do they get this smooth and this cut so rough?

0:29:160:29:19

It's acid cutting.

0:29:190:29:21

-"Daum..."

-Yes.

-"Daum, Nancy."

-Nancy, France.

0:29:210:29:24

-1930.

-Yes.

-Or thereabouts.

0:29:240:29:27

I like it, but it all depends on the money!

0:29:270:29:30

-OK.

-Tell me about it.

0:29:300:29:32

I was looking around 550.

0:29:320:29:34

I would think round about 450.

0:29:340:29:37

-450?

-That's what I had in mind.

-OK.

0:29:370:29:40

Go 480 and we've got ourselves a sale.

0:29:400:29:42

475 and I shake hands.

0:29:420:29:44

475.

0:29:440:29:46

The Daum vase leaves Eric with the sweet scent of £286.97 profit

0:29:460:29:52

and a healthy lead.

0:29:520:29:54

James quickly looks to respond

0:29:540:29:56

as he gallops to see a friend and art collector Monty

0:29:560:29:59

with the 1890 steeplechase painting he bought in Paris for £128.21.

0:29:590:30:06

It's a landscape. It's a very long fellow.

0:30:060:30:08

-And it's got motion. So they're going over a fence.

-Yes.

0:30:080:30:12

-And I liked this bit, the asymmetry.

-Yes.

0:30:120:30:16

-French artist. 1912.

-Yes.

0:30:160:30:20

It's a little bit of a shame around this jockey's face

0:30:200:30:23

-where it looks like some of the paint's come away.

-You're right. There's some deterioration.

0:30:230:30:28

They call this foxing. It must've been exposed to damp.

0:30:280:30:32

But you've got a nice oak frame.

0:30:320:30:33

I'd expect to see something like this

0:30:330:30:36

-around 200, 250.

-Right.

0:30:360:30:40

I would like to see it around, sort of, the £60 mark.

0:30:400:30:43

-£60?! Really?

-Yes, I do.

0:30:430:30:47

The lowest I would take for that is £150.

0:30:470:30:50

Really? At that price, I don't think it's for me.

0:30:500:30:53

It seems Bingo may've fallen at the first hurdle.

0:30:530:30:56

But he's suddenly back in this race when Monty's wife Amanda, an avid collector herself,

0:30:560:31:01

disagrees with her husband and takes a shine to the print.

0:31:010:31:05

-It's fun. 125.

-125.

0:31:050:31:08

Unfortunately for Bingo, he misses out on a profit by a nose,

0:31:080:31:11

making a loss of £3.21.

0:31:110:31:14

With that, James has now offloaded all the items he planned to sell privately.

0:31:140:31:19

Eric, though, is hoping to land one last deal.

0:31:190:31:24

I'm in Henley-on-Thames and I'm here to sell my chair.

0:31:240:31:27

But this is no ordinary chair.

0:31:270:31:28

This is a special chair, made for a specific character.

0:31:280:31:33

Eric's special chair set him back £20

0:31:330:31:35

and he's hoping Joan, a specialist shop owner,

0:31:350:31:38

will see that he's sitting on a pot of profit.

0:31:380:31:41

-Hello, Joan.

-Hi! How nice to see you!

-You, too.

0:31:410:31:45

Listen, I've just announced that my chair was designed for a special character,

0:31:450:31:50

but looking around me, you're not short of characters.

0:31:500:31:54

No, we're certainly not. We've got masses of characters.

0:31:540:31:57

-That's an interesting-looking chair.

-I think the wood is a south-east Asian hardwood.

0:31:570:32:02

The general shape is very much sort of George III.

0:32:020:32:06

I was hoping that we might be looking around the £60 mark.

0:32:060:32:10

-I never pay more than £50 for a chair.

-I'll shake on £50.

-OK!

0:32:100:32:15

-So, shall I try this chap?

-Of course.

0:32:150:32:18

Let's have a see what he looks like. Is he all right for scale?

0:32:180:32:22

I think he's absolutely perfect. I think we'll name that bear Eric.

0:32:220:32:25

Eric's teddy bear chair sees him sitting on a comfortable profit of £30.

0:32:250:32:31

You know you've made it in life when they name a bear after you.

0:32:310:32:35

With the Showdown auction looming and all their private sales done,

0:32:350:32:39

who's currently leading the money list

0:32:390:32:41

and who needs big-money bidders on their remaining items?

0:32:410:32:44

Eric so far has sold four of his buys

0:32:440:32:47

and turned an impressive profit of £367.14.

0:32:470:32:51

James has also sold four items but is significantly behind

0:32:510:32:55

with a profit of £116.22.

0:32:550:33:00

Our experts fought hard to track down the most profitable buyers,

0:33:000:33:03

but the remainder of this clash is now out of their hands,

0:33:030:33:06

because all their remaining items will be sold at the Showdown auction,

0:33:060:33:11

a place where their hard-nosed haggling skills

0:33:110:33:13

have absolutely no influence over what happens.

0:33:130:33:16

They're in the hands of the team at a saleroom in Leicestershire.

0:33:160:33:20

Before the auction begins, our anxious dealers assess the lie of the land.

0:33:200:33:25

This is a very difficult moment in time for me

0:33:250:33:27

because I'm actually picking up one of Bingo's purchases.

0:33:270:33:31

It's this lovely Chinese carved ivory...

0:33:310:33:35

..sort of card case.

0:33:350:33:37

It is in remarkable condition.

0:33:370:33:40

In fact, the one thing going against it is its colour

0:33:400:33:43

because it's quite white.

0:33:430:33:46

And you wouldn't expect that from something that was made

0:33:460:33:49

in around about 1850, 1870.

0:33:490:33:52

Look at this! This is Knocker's party bed, this fellow.

0:33:520:33:55

I've never seen such a wide bed in my life!

0:33:550:33:58

This is more than king-size. This is double king.

0:33:580:34:01

Anyway, it's a very impressive piece,

0:34:010:34:03

made of brass,

0:34:030:34:05

and then we've got a cast-iron frame, side rails here.

0:34:050:34:09

If you can find a boxspring and mattress big enough to sit on this fellow,

0:34:090:34:14

it is a great buy and I think he'll do well with this.

0:34:140:34:18

Having checked out each other's items,

0:34:180:34:19

our duelling dealers take their position in the auction room arena

0:34:190:34:24

and prepare themselves for the first lot at the impending battle.

0:34:240:34:27

-Eric, I'm up first, I think.

-You are.

-I've got the little dish.

0:34:270:34:32

The Persian white-metal dish...

0:34:320:34:34

James paid £25 at the antiques fair for the dish.

0:34:340:34:37

But when the lot comes up...

0:34:370:34:40

Opening bid on my book here...

0:34:400:34:42

..our experts are somewhat distracted.

0:34:420:34:45

-AUCTIONEER DROWNS OUT CHATTER

-18. 20...

0:34:450:34:49

£25, I'm bid. 28. 30.

0:34:490:34:51

-32 with the net now.

-32!

0:34:510:34:54

£32 bid. Selling at 32.

0:34:540:34:58

I think that's a profit.

0:34:580:35:00

Unfortunately not, James, after fees.

0:35:000:35:03

The metal bowl has served up a small loss of £4.35.

0:35:030:35:07

But Bingo doesn't have time to dwell on his loss

0:35:070:35:10

because next under the hammer is his prize lot.

0:35:100:35:13

This is my big fellow coming up.

0:35:130:35:15

Cantonese, eh? Carved ivory.

0:35:150:35:17

James paid £50 for the 1850 ivory card case,

0:35:170:35:21

but he valued it at ten times that.

0:35:210:35:23

So as it goes under the hammer, will it deliver the profit Bingo expects?

0:35:230:35:28

-What are we going to start with, then?

-200.

-50. 60. 70. 80. 90. 100.

0:35:280:35:34

120. 140. 160. 180.

0:35:340:35:35

260. 280. 300. 320...

0:35:350:35:37

Oh, you're motoring!

0:35:370:35:39

-Come on, a bit more.

-..340. 360.

0:35:390:35:41

-380. 420?

-420. Come on!

0:35:410:35:45

-Come on, China!

-460 now...

-460.

0:35:450:35:48

-I'm bidding against myself here!

-..480. 500...

-Good lad.

0:35:480:35:52

..520. 540.

0:35:520:35:54

-Last chance here...

-That's a belter.

-..£540.

0:35:540:35:58

£540! Eh, come on, Bingo!

0:35:580:36:01

I think the word is "Bingo!"

0:36:010:36:05

James's card case earns him a mighty profit

0:36:050:36:08

of £387.21, after fees,

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and knocks Knocker for six.

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I think I might as well go home early! Take an early bath, as they say!

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Don't worry about me, I'll be all right.

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Of course you will, Eric. Thankfully for Knocker, there's the chance to retaliate,

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as his £25 Lionel Edwards painting goes under the hammer next.

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He's hopeful it'll ring up a big profit.

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-25...

-£25. Oh, no.

0:36:320:36:35

-25?

-25 pound?

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-Selling...

-25 pound... Ouch.

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Ouch indeed! Because once house fees have been deducted,

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Eric makes a loss of £8.55.

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-I think we're in the ditch.

-I think I am very much in the brink on that one.

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There is some comfort for Knocker, though,

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when James's 1850 mother-of-pearl card case

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makes a loss of £18.69, after fees,

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a result that leaves both dealers lost for answers.

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You know, I can't explain that situation.

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I mean, I saw that as at least £100, maybe 150.

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James is hoping for a more profitable return though,

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as his final item, the 1907 royal portrait costing £20, goes up for sale.

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Fiver bid. £8. £10.

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£10. 12. 15.

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With me on commission at 15. 18. 20.

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30. Go on. You're ahead.

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-32. 32 bid. 35.

-Well done.

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42 bid. 42.

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-It's a good old scrap, isn't it?

-It is.

-Internet versus room.

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-He's not going to let it go.

-He's not. He's got himself here.

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..£45 and away.

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James is back in the black, as he snaps up a profit of £11.31 on the photograph.

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With that, he's all sold up.

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But Eric has still got three of his lots left to sell,

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including two big-money items,

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so he's hoping to make up ground on James.

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First up, it's the regency mahogany table

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that cost £297.60.

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£100 for that.

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£100. 45 bid. 45 bid. No reserve. It will be sold.

0:38:130:38:18

50 in the room. Five.

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-60. £60 I'm bid.

-Oh, come on.

0:38:200:38:23

-ERIC GROANS

-60 I'm bid. 60 at the door.

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All finished and away, then, at £60.

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Eric, can I close your mouth?

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And that leaves Eric with a gobsmacking loss

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of £252.45,

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and in considerable shock.

0:38:370:38:39

Words are just not... They're not coming.

0:38:390:38:42

Tears are. Tears are coming.

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Before tears get a chance to arrive, though,

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Eric needs to steady himself for his next lot,

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the 1980s brass bed he laid out £161.20 on.

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How do you feel about your bed?

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-Is it going to be a winner?

-To be frank with you, James,

0:38:570:39:00

I'm having one of those days when I wish I'd not got out of bed.

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-This would scrap at least 300 to 400 pounds.

-Really?

0:39:040:39:08

King-size bed.

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Absolutely sparkling, this one.

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28. 30. 32. 35.

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It scraps for 300 quid.

0:39:130:39:16

-£40 I'm bid.

-Come on.

-Are you all done?

0:39:160:39:19

Well, I think I've gone down for a three-figure sum there.

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Lady Luck isn't smiling on Eric,

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as he endures yet another colossal loss

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of £132.45, after fees.

0:39:270:39:31

The auction room battle for Showdown superstardom

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has proved disastrous for Eric so far,

0:39:330:39:36

with all his items making losses.

0:39:360:39:38

Knocker has one last shot at profit redemption.

0:39:380:39:42

-I've got one more lot.

-On what?

0:39:420:39:44

And I think it's fair to say I'm not holding my breath.

0:39:440:39:49

Eric paid £20 for the 1920s card table,

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but will it be his first profit of the day?

0:39:520:39:55

-Metamorphic card table...

-Go for it.

0:39:550:39:58

He's trying hard, is our auctioneer.

0:39:580:40:00

10. 10 pounds. 12. 15.

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18. 22. 25?

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-Come on, give us another.

-25.

-Give us another.

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It's 25 and away.

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So no joy for Eric as he makes a clean sweep of losses at the auction,

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ending up £3.55 down on the table.

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It's been a roller-coaster ride for our battling boys, but all their items are now sold.

0:40:210:40:26

All that remains is to find out who is the victor.

0:40:260:40:30

-You're still smiling, Eric. All credit to you.

-You've got to.

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It's not my finest hour, in all fairness.

0:40:330:40:36

I'm just mindful that this is a competition over five days, so, er...

0:40:360:40:41

But credit due where credit's due.

0:40:410:40:43

You did well today.

0:40:430:40:45

I think I took today, but I'm unsure about the others.

0:40:450:40:48

We'll never know until we get those final scores.

0:40:480:40:50

Our battling bargaineers each started out

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with £1,000 of their own money to spend.

0:40:530:40:56

Eric's Showdown buys cost him a total of £791.66.

0:40:560:41:01

James spent a total of £703.78.

0:41:030:41:08

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

0:41:090:41:13

All of the money that Eric and James have made will be going to charities of their choice.

0:41:130:41:18

Let's find out who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.

0:41:180:41:23

-Ah, Mr Braxton!

-How are you?

-Well...

0:41:230:41:27

There were a few positives about my Showdown.

0:41:270:41:31

I did manage to get a good price on my Daum.

0:41:310:41:35

I did not oversell it, I sold it at a very reasonable price.

0:41:350:41:38

-But when it came to the auction, it was a dark day!

-A dark day.

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Out of the auction, my whisky did well

0:41:440:41:46

and, of course, my Cantonese card case, for all to see at the auction.

0:41:460:41:52

-Shall we just do it?

-Yes, come on.

-Because I know this is going to hurt a lot.

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Three, two, one...

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-Oh, I've never seen a red one.

-A red one!

0:41:580:42:00

I've never seen... Listen, it could've been worse.

0:42:000:42:03

So, it's Showdown victory for James.

0:42:030:42:05

But our experts have been building up their profit stashes over a week of challenges.

0:42:050:42:09

Let's find out how much they've made in total.

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BOTH: One, two, three...

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-Not a million miles away!

-No.

0:42:150:42:19

-I came from behind on this one.

-You certainly did.

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But every dog has his day.

0:42:220:42:24

In this case, it's you, so woof-woof.

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So not only is James our Showdown Champion,

0:42:280:42:31

he also came out on top throughout the week's head-to-head challenges.

0:42:310:42:35

I've snatched victory from Knocker.

0:42:350:42:37

With that amazing auction result, I've managed to pull through

0:42:370:42:41

and overall victory is Bingo's.

0:42:410:42:45

Well, it was all going so swimmingly well

0:42:450:42:48

and then I entered the auction from hell.

0:42:480:42:51

But it was Bingo's calling-card case

0:42:510:42:53

that sealed the fate of Knocker Knowles.

0:42:530:42:57

Both our experts have made fantastic profits.

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So, where is the money going?

0:43:000:43:02

My profits are going to the Brain Tumour Research charity.

0:43:020:43:05

My chosen charity is Charlie's Challenge.

0:43:050:43:08

It raises money to research cancer in children.

0:43:080:43:12

I've chosen it because I know Charlie

0:43:120:43:14

and he survived cancer at an early age.

0:43:140:43:17

It's been a week of all-out action and hard-fought close combat.

0:43:170:43:21

Eric and James have both put their money where their mouths are

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and proved that they can make big profits from antiques

0:43:240:43:27

when their own money is on the line.

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