0:00:03 > 0:00:05This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:08 > 0:00:11against each other in an all-out battle for profit.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Hey-hey!
0:00:13 > 0:00:16And gives you the insider's view of the trade.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Who's there?
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Each week, one pair of duelling dealers
0:00:22 > 0:00:24will face a different daily challenge...
0:00:24 > 0:00:27The original cheeky chappie!
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Lovely!
0:00:28 > 0:00:30..putting their reputations on the line...
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Full house!
0:00:33 > 0:00:37..and giving you their top tips and savvy secrets
0:00:37 > 0:00:40on how to make the most money from buying and selling.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42I'm feeling rather lucky!
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Prepare for a white-knuckle ride
0:00:48 > 0:00:50as our two daring experts are about to face
0:00:50 > 0:00:52the most formidable challenge to date -
0:00:52 > 0:00:54the Dealers' Showdown.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Coming up,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Kate's bidding gets out of control.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00(Loads of money!)
0:01:00 > 0:01:02440... ?440.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Eric stirs up trouble in the auction room.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Are they real diamonds?
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Of course they're real diamonds!
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I just wanted to make sure. You're putting them off!
0:01:11 > 0:01:15And we find out the importance of a happy relationship.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Very often, two pieces were put together
0:01:17 > 0:01:20that didn't start out in life together.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21That's what's called a marriage.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Lords, ladies and gentlemen,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42it's the Put Your Money Showdown -
0:01:42 > 0:01:45the ultimate battle, in which our two high-flying foragers
0:01:45 > 0:01:48take on four massive missions
0:01:48 > 0:01:51in one seismic struggle.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Yes, this will be the finale to end all finales.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58And the first of our two challengers
0:01:58 > 0:02:01is the great pretender to the purchasing throne.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03He's hoping to be the next in succession to Showdown success,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07but will be reign supreme and be crowned King of the Dealers?
0:02:07 > 0:02:10I'm in line to do just that.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Yes, it's the Prince of Porcelain...
0:02:17 > 0:02:18And racing against him,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21a fearless auctioneer is on the starting blocks,
0:02:21 > 0:02:23waiting for the firing pistol.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25She's definitely in it for the long run,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27but will today go her way?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Let's hope that luck is with me.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32It's Kate "Absolute" Bliss.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37On the outside, she might look like the girl next door,
0:02:37 > 0:02:39but on the inside, hard as nails,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42and she's going to need to be, as she's facing
0:02:42 > 0:02:45the final battle to sort out for once and for all
0:02:45 > 0:02:47who's the better barterer.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48If anyone out there is wearing a hat,
0:02:48 > 0:02:52you'd better hold onto it, because it's time for a Showdown.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Good morning. Morning!
0:02:55 > 0:02:57How are you doing? I'm fine.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00We've got our cards. Yeah. Want to hear the challenge?
0:03:00 > 0:03:01You start the ball rolling.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04"Welcome to the mighty Showdown.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06"The rules are simple -
0:03:06 > 0:03:07"you must each buy two items
0:03:07 > 0:03:10"at every one of your regular Put Your Money challenges.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12"You have ?1,000 to spend.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16"You can sell up to four items wherever you want.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18"The rest will be sold at an auction
0:03:18 > 0:03:22"in direct competition with your opponent." That's you.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26"And the winner is the dealer who makes the most profit."
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Well, there you go.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Listen...
0:03:29 > 0:03:31May the best man, and all that!
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Good luck, my friend. Good luck.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Cheerio. Bye.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37So, no nonsense today.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41These two know full well the enormity of the task ahead.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43?1,000 of their own money to spend,
0:03:43 > 0:03:45four locations to spend at -
0:03:45 > 0:03:48an auction, a car boot sale,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51a UK antiques fair
0:03:51 > 0:03:54and a foreign antiques market.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57So, let's unleash the titans. It's Round 1...
0:03:57 > 0:03:59DING DING! The car boot sale.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Our duelling duo
0:04:01 > 0:04:04will be let loose amongst the traders at the Battersea Car Boot
0:04:04 > 0:04:06in southwest London.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07There's plenty to choose from,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10but they'll have to do a bit of heavy scouring
0:04:10 > 0:04:13to find any treasures that might be lurking amongst the tat.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15And after a quick sweep of the market,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Kate thinks she's found a possible game-winner.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21It's a ceramic pot pourri holder.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22Oooh!
0:04:22 > 0:04:24What's your very best?
0:04:24 > 0:04:2635. Ooh!
0:04:26 > 0:04:28It's got a bit of a crack going through there,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31which obviously affects it. I'm sure you're right.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33I think we'll have to drop it to 30 in that case.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35So, Kate gets the price down
0:04:35 > 0:04:38and just as the trader is about to drop to ?25,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40something unexpected happens.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Keep an eye on the chap lurking behind.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45It's a bit wacky. It is wacky.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I'll give you 40 for it. You'll give me 40?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Oh, the cheeky monkey!
0:04:49 > 0:04:52He's edging in on Kate's turf and has turned it into an auction.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54OK, 40?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Well...
0:04:56 > 0:04:5945. I'll give you 50.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Really? Have you got the cash?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I'll bring the cash along. I've got the cash right here.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05You haven't got your money, mate!
0:05:05 > 0:05:0745 from me, and I've got it right here.
0:05:07 > 0:05:1045. It's right there.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Kate's flash of the cash gets her the goods
0:05:12 > 0:05:15and she picks up her pot for ?45.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I think it dates from about 1900.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21And essentially, I think this is known as a pot pourri,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24because you've got some holes in the lid
0:05:24 > 0:05:27and you would fill it with nice-smelling pot pourri.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30It looks to be oriental, to be Chinese.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32But if you look at the bottom,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36you've got European letters here
0:05:36 > 0:05:37and a European name.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40And it's not made of oriental porcelain -
0:05:40 > 0:05:42it's made of European porcelain,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45what's known as hard-paste porcelain,
0:05:45 > 0:05:47which has a slightly glassy look and feel to it.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50It definitely needs some further research
0:05:50 > 0:05:54and then I'll decide who I'm going to try and sell it to.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Well, Kate gets her first buy in the bag,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58but what a struggle it was.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00On the other side of the car boot,
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Eric has found something to tickle his fancy -
0:06:02 > 0:06:04a framed print.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Norman Parkinson.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08You know, not a bad photographer.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12That is a woman who...she would travel in style
0:06:12 > 0:06:18and how I wish I'd been alive back in the sort of '40s and '50s.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Eric, you were!
0:06:20 > 0:06:23It says "between 5 and 10". Fiver.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Fiver? Fiver. OK, you've got a deal.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29So he snaps up the picture for ?5,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32but Eric wouldn't be Eric if he didn't buy
0:06:32 > 0:06:35a bit of pottery somewhere along the line,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38and it's not long before he gets the urge.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42We've got Chinese porcelain.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Not of any great age, but it is colourful.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46This is all hand-decorated,
0:06:46 > 0:06:48albeit on top of a transferred outline.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Just need to know how much you're asking for.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53?40 for all of it?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55All right. For ?40,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58let me pull the hand out of the glove,
0:06:58 > 0:06:59let me extend it so.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Eric's over the moon with the china dinner set,
0:07:02 > 0:07:04and with his two purchases sorted,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06he's feeling confident.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08But Kate is chomping at the bit
0:07:08 > 0:07:11and quickly picks up an antique decanter for ?8,
0:07:11 > 0:07:14hoping to pour out a snifter of profit
0:07:14 > 0:07:15when it comes to selling it on.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Now, this is cut glass.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21It's heavy. It's got what you call a star-cut base,
0:07:21 > 0:07:23which is a nice sign of quality.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27And then what's known as a triple-ring neck.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30A really nice 19th-century glass decanter.
0:07:30 > 0:07:36Kate's cut glass brings this first cut-throat clash to a close.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39But after the car boot, will Kate be crowing with her cockerel
0:07:39 > 0:07:42or will Eric's crockery make a mockery of her efforts?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Let's see what they've spent so far.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Remember, both our experts started out with ?1,000 to play with.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Eric didn't go too wild with his spending on his first two items,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56but forked out ?45,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59which leaves him with a handsome ?955
0:07:59 > 0:08:00still in his kitty.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Kate Bliss turned out to be the queen of the car boot,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06spending ?53 on her two items,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08leaving herself ?947
0:08:08 > 0:08:10for the remainder of the Showdown.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13And there's no time to relax
0:08:13 > 0:08:15as we go straight into Round 2,
0:08:15 > 0:08:16the UK antiques fair.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20This time, our two battling knights of the barter
0:08:20 > 0:08:21will be in their element,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24as they're sent to Britain's biggest antiques event -
0:08:24 > 0:08:27the Newark International Antiques and Collectors Fair.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Once again, it's Kate who's straight in there,
0:08:29 > 0:08:32finding herself a potential money-maker -
0:08:32 > 0:08:34two Japanese vases.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36What's the best on those, then? 50 quid.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Oh, you're killing me!
0:08:37 > 0:08:41You can't do 45? Yeah. 45? Great!
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Done.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46So, after one of the quickest haggles in history,
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Kate peels ?5 off the price of a pair of Satsuma ware pots.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55Satsuma ware is a type of Japanese earthenware pottery.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Essentially, not porcelain.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59I'd put them probably 1920s.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03What we've got here are some lovely Japanese ladies,
0:09:03 > 0:09:04geisha girls, maybe,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07in a big pagoda landscape,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09typically Japanese.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13The quality of the Satsuma ware often depends on the quality of the detail.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17And the details here of the figures and the landscape
0:09:17 > 0:09:18are really quite good.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Let's hope that luck is with me.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Well, Lady Luck Bliss has ventured into Eric's territory once again.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26In fact, all she's bought so far is ceramic and glass.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30Is the champion of china, the pottery powerhouse
0:09:30 > 0:09:32about to be knocked off his pedestal?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I don't mind admitting that the Showdown is the trickiest
0:09:35 > 0:09:37when it comes to doing the buying,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40especially those objects you put at auction,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42because I don't mind telling you, dear viewer,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45that on previous occasions, I've come a bit of a cropper
0:09:45 > 0:09:46when it comes to auctions.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Oh, Eric, self-doubt?
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Well, with his confidence low and Kate moving in on his manor,
0:09:53 > 0:09:56what our Knocker needs now is a nice tonic to cheer him up.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58And he's found just the thing -
0:09:58 > 0:10:02a tin-glazed vase that has the look of an 18th-century antique,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04but is it the real deal?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07That should date to something round about...
0:10:07 > 0:10:111720, 1750.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13But the chances are
0:10:13 > 0:10:15that I am probably older than it.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Still an antique, then, Eric!
0:10:17 > 0:10:21I should be leaving that alone, but it's talking to me.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Combien? And let's use English from now on!
0:10:24 > 0:10:26The best I can do...45.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Where was it made?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31I think it's around 1900.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34You do, do you? You think it's got some age to it?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36?45. No haggle.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37OK. Put it there.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39So, what has Eric bought -
0:10:39 > 0:10:41a modern vase or a genuine antique?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44When I looked at it at first, I thought, "Hmm."
0:10:44 > 0:10:45I thought I might be older than it.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Though I've turned it upside down
0:10:47 > 0:10:50and there is genuine wear on that base.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54So it would be lovely to think that it was made,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57you know, in the sort of middle of the 18th century,
0:10:57 > 0:11:00but I need to do a bit of research on it.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Just so sad...so sad that I've got to sell it!
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Oh, come on, Eric, pull yourself together!
0:11:06 > 0:11:08If that is a 300-year-old vase,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11then perhaps it might be worth a bob or two.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Though for now, Knocker will have to wait to find out
0:11:13 > 0:11:17what his vase is worth, as he's straight on to another deal.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20For ?60, I'll have it.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24This time, he's picked up an Art Nouveau pewter serving dish
0:11:24 > 0:11:26for ?60.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Made in Germany. Marks on the back for Orivit,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32and they were quite a well-known maker.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35But it's very much in the Art Nouveau style.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39It's got its original glass liner, which is a miracle!
0:11:39 > 0:11:41And if I put that into auction,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I would think that I should at least double my money,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47having paid all my auction expenses.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50And with that, Eric is all bought up,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53so Kate had better get her skates on and get buying.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Having strayed into Eric's specialist subject
0:11:55 > 0:11:58and picked up several ceramic items,
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Kate is heading back to home turf,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02as a piece of jewellery has caught her eye.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Now, take a look at this,
0:12:04 > 0:12:05because I quite fancy this ring.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07It's known as a half-hoop ring,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09because the stones go halfway round.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13And this is quite fun. It's almost got a bit of an Art Deco look,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15because you've got a combination of what's known as
0:12:15 > 0:12:19baguette-cut diamonds, which are rectangular shape with facets
0:12:19 > 0:12:22and then brilliant-cut diamonds in between.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26The diamonds might be brilliant, but priced at ?95,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29can cunning Kate cut the cost she'll have to pay?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33There's a bit of damage to the mount there.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Just a tiny bit.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Could you do anything for me on that?
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Could you do 75?
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Just because of the damage?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Yes. OK, fantastic!
0:12:42 > 0:12:44So, a very wily Miss Bliss
0:12:44 > 0:12:47walks away with the 18-carat gold ring
0:12:47 > 0:12:49with ?20 off.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50And she's done.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Both our experts came, they saw
0:12:53 > 0:12:55and, oh, yes, they conquered.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58So let's see how things stand in the spending stakes.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Both our bargain busters each started
0:13:01 > 0:13:03with ?1,000 of their own money.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Eric has once again been reluctant to spend too much
0:13:07 > 0:13:10and across the two rounds has spent ?150,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14which means he still has a huge ?850 left in his war chest.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Kate has pipped Eric to the post in the spending stakes so far,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21as her expenditure comes to ?173.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25So she's left with ?827 in her kitty.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Time is now running out
0:13:27 > 0:13:29for both our dealers
0:13:29 > 0:13:30as we spring forward to Round 3 -
0:13:30 > 0:13:32the foreign antiques market.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Our two auction actioneers will need to have their wits about them,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40because they're being sent to France,
0:13:40 > 0:13:41where around 380 stalls of furniture,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44trinkets, paintings and jewellery
0:13:44 > 0:13:47await at the Port de Vanves flea market in Paris.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52With both experts furiously foraging through the foreign market,
0:13:52 > 0:13:53English silverware expert Kate
0:13:53 > 0:13:57is delighted when she finds... a piece of English silverware.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00It's a mustard pot,
0:14:00 > 0:14:01and then the top is English silver,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04really nice quality. If you feel the lid of that,
0:14:04 > 0:14:05it's got some weight to it,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07so you know there's quite a lot of silver in there.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12And you've got a crystal-clear, crisp hallmark there.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Letter S - it's dating to the late Victorian period.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17I don't think that's a bad buy.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22?36.36, and the English silverware is hers.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24While Kate walks away with a piece of silver,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Eric seems content with bronze,
0:14:27 > 0:14:29when he picks up an antique bronze tray.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Date-wise, probably round about 1900.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36The only thing that's missing is a signature.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38I do like to see them when they're signed.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41But that is a fabulous piece of bronze casting.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42It's pure Art Nouveau.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45And it just cost me 30 euros,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48so seek...and ye will find.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Yes, Eric has sought and bought his first foreign purchase,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53for 30 euros, or ?27.27,
0:14:53 > 0:14:55for the bronze tray.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Kate is up next when she spends 15 euros -
0:15:01 > 0:15:03that's ?13.64 to you and me -
0:15:03 > 0:15:05on a pair of silk scarves,
0:15:05 > 0:15:09including one which is a 1970s Christian Dior original.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Ha! Very French.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Very stylish.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Now, our Eric's next target is a vase.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Where's it from, Eric?
0:15:17 > 0:15:18It was made in Leeds.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Yorkshire?!
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Ay-up! This is Burmantoft.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Hmm.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25The dernier prix on this?
0:15:25 > 0:15:2735, best price.
0:15:27 > 0:15:3035 is my best price. OK, I'll take that.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Quick as you like, Eric gets a good deal at 35 euros,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37which converts to ?31.82.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42Made in Leeds, probably around 1885, maybe 1890.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47You don't have to turn it over to know it's by Burmantoft.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49The shape, the decoration and the glaze
0:15:49 > 0:15:51are enough of a signature for anybody
0:15:51 > 0:15:53to go by.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55So that is the end of our Round 3,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58but which one will the winner be?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00How will Kate's silverware and scarves
0:16:00 > 0:16:03get on against Eric's bronze tray and vase?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Ah...the poetry of France!
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Anyway, let's see where we're at.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Both our traders started this contest with ?1,000.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Eric for the third time
0:16:13 > 0:16:16seemed reluctant to speculate to accumulate,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19though in total so far has spent ?209.09,
0:16:19 > 0:16:23leaving ?790.91 still to spend.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Kate too didn't exactly push the boat out in France,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29but overall has spent a bit more than her rival.
0:16:29 > 0:16:35?223, taking ?777 into the final round.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41And so we come to Round 4 -
0:16:41 > 0:16:42the auction.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44And this time, our duelling duo
0:16:44 > 0:16:46are in their comfort zones,
0:16:46 > 0:16:48both being experienced auctioneers.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51But this all-out war is going to be anything but comfortable.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Now, this is my last chance to buy two items,
0:16:55 > 0:16:57so I've got big money to spend, so the pressure's on.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Our dealers are in Cottees auction rooms in Dorset
0:17:00 > 0:17:04and the action is hotting up, as the bidding is about to start.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07And first out the stalls, it's Kate,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10as a terracotta plant holder has caught her eye.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11But will she win it?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13?40 for it, straight in.
0:17:13 > 0:17:1445. 50.
0:17:14 > 0:17:1655.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19At ?55 and selling...
0:17:19 > 0:17:20GAVEL BANGS
0:17:20 > 0:17:2155. There we go.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Yes, and there she goes, indeed,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26buying the pot for ?55,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29making it ?64.90 with fees.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Now, this is what I would call a speculative lot.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35The catalogue called it Regency style.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38I think it's possibly a little bit later,
0:17:38 > 0:17:40possibly even Art Nouveau,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42because if you look at the motifs here,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44this sort of strapwork, scrollwork,
0:17:44 > 0:17:47it has a little bit of the Art Nouveau about it.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50But I want to find out a little bit more about the age of it
0:17:50 > 0:17:52and who might want it.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Well, let's hope someone does want it.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Kate still has plenty of money left in the kitty,
0:17:58 > 0:17:59but only one purchase to go.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01She'd better make it a big one.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05But it's Eric who's up next, as he goes out on a limb,
0:18:05 > 0:18:06bidding on a mahogany clock.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Like Kate, he has a massive amount left in his kitty,
0:18:10 > 0:18:12so money shouldn't be a problem.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15But how far is he willing to go?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18110. 120.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20130.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21140.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23150. 160.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24170.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27I'm out. 170 in the room.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29GAVEL BANGS
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Yes, Eric gets his mahogany clock
0:18:31 > 0:18:33for ?170.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36With fees, that comes to a shade over ?200.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40You've got to gamble now and then in life.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42And I've not seen this up and running.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46They're often referred to as Vienna regulators.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Although this one has been described as a French regulator.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53I think that this just needs a jolly good clean.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55I think I can make this gleam.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Whether or not I can make the mechanism keep good time
0:18:59 > 0:19:01is another matter.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Only time will tell!
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Yes, and our Knocker wastes none of that precious time
0:19:06 > 0:19:08as he moves straight on to buy
0:19:08 > 0:19:13some World War I portrait tiles made by Carter of Poole.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15He pays ?177,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18and that means his Showdown buying is all done.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Now all eyes are on Kate.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Though her eyes are on a mahogany bookcase.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27The auction is up and running, and already in the high hundreds.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29She's got a lot of money left to spend,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32but how far is she prepared to go?
0:19:32 > 0:19:33320. 340.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35360.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36380.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38400.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43It's reached 400, but the price still goes up and up.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46440, it's got to be. 440.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Kate may have the cash, but this is a huge outlay.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51(Loads of money!)
0:19:51 > 0:19:53440. ?440!
0:19:53 > 0:19:55GAVEL BANGS
0:19:55 > 0:19:57?440, with commission,
0:19:57 > 0:20:02makes a whopping ?519.20 for the bookcase.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04This is a risky gamble,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06so will she be the author of her own demise
0:20:06 > 0:20:09or is this chapter one of a winning strategy?
0:20:09 > 0:20:13In style, it's classic George III,
0:20:13 > 0:20:15which is late 18th century,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18but actually, in period, it's Edwardian,
0:20:18 > 0:20:21which is very early 20th century,
0:20:21 > 0:20:23or maybe even a little bit later.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Now, the key thing with bookcases like this,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28is whether the top belongs to the bottom,
0:20:28 > 0:20:31because this bit comes off the bottom,
0:20:31 > 0:20:33and very often, two pieces were put together
0:20:33 > 0:20:35that didn't start out in life together,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37and that's what's called a marriage.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Now, I'm certain that this probably is a marriage,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42but it's been matched so well,
0:20:42 > 0:20:44that actually, it doesn't bother me,
0:20:44 > 0:20:46and hopefully, it won't bother my buyer.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Well, the question is, after spending so much on the bookcase,
0:20:49 > 0:20:51will it be a match made in heaven
0:20:51 > 0:20:53or will it end up on the rocks?
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Kate's bookcase is the last item of the final location
0:20:58 > 0:21:01in this Showdown, so it's time for a final round-up
0:21:01 > 0:21:03of the figures as they stand.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Both our hardened hagglers started the Showdown
0:21:08 > 0:21:10with ?1,000 of their own money.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15Eric "Knocker" Knowles in the end parted with a total of ?586.69
0:21:15 > 0:21:19on his eight items. A tidy sum, but was it enough?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22His arch rival, Kate "Absolute" Bliss,
0:21:22 > 0:21:25ended up spending quite a lot more on her eight purchases,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29splashing out a total of ?807.10,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32giving her a distinct advantage.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35It's the beginning of the end of this epic adventure,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37and there's just enough time
0:21:37 > 0:21:40for our dealers to compare notes on their Showdown purchases.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43And Eric just can't wait to remind Kate
0:21:43 > 0:21:46about his potential secret weapon -
0:21:46 > 0:21:48the chinoiserie vase.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51I did find my Chinese vase. Well, I say Chinese,
0:21:51 > 0:21:53it's French and it's a faience
0:21:53 > 0:21:56and it's decorated with a chinoiserie design.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58You really liked that, didn't you? I love it.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00And that is going to pain me to sell.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Well, my bookcase was obviously a big gamble,
0:22:02 > 0:22:04so we'll see what happens with that.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06So it's all ahead of us - all that selling.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10It is. It's all down to the auction. I know.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11See you there. See you there. Bye. Bye.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19So, the torrential tornado of precision purchasing may be over,
0:22:19 > 0:22:22but take cover, because the storm of Showdown selling
0:22:22 > 0:22:24is about to get underway.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Both our antiques avengers must use their special powers
0:22:27 > 0:22:30to sell their goods for as much as they can.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32But the Showdown sell-off has a twist -
0:22:32 > 0:22:34the auction.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Eric and Kate must put at least half their items under the hammer,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39where they'll be unable to control
0:22:39 > 0:22:42whether the profits go up, up and away or down, down, down.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46So, both our experts retreat to their respective homes
0:22:46 > 0:22:48and draw up their battle plans.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Back at base camp Buckinghamshire,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Eric is surveying his goods and assessing their worth.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58He's still got research to do on his star item - the faience vase.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Though he's not yet sure of its age,
0:23:00 > 0:23:02he's sure of his feelings.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07I'm going to be very careful about who I'm going to sell this to.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10This is not going to go to any Tom, Dick or Harry.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12This is going to have to go to somebody
0:23:12 > 0:23:15who has feelings and sensitivity
0:23:15 > 0:23:19and enough money to give me a nice profit.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22I'm not demanding in any other department,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25but certain pots, it's so important
0:23:25 > 0:23:28that they end up with the right people.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30All right, all right, we get your point!
0:23:30 > 0:23:32So, Eric's hopeful his hunch
0:23:32 > 0:23:35that the vase could be from the 18th century will turn out true.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39But there are seven other items on that table, Knocker.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42I've got an extensive - I think you will agree -
0:23:42 > 0:23:45part Chinese dinner set there.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49That, I can tell you, is going to auction.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52So I'm left with various items that I'm going to sell privately,
0:23:52 > 0:23:57which includes this wonderful Art Nouveau bronze card tray,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00which...I already have a buyer lined up.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05I'm also going to be taking my four World War I portrait tiles
0:24:05 > 0:24:07up to the Midlands.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12I've got, again, a potential buyer up there, so fingers crossed.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14And as well as the Chinese dinner service,
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Eric will be putting into auction the Burmantoft vase,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21the mahogany clock and the pewter serving dish.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Meanwhile, in her Hereford HQ,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Kate is also musing on her selling tactics.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31Now, towering above me is my lovely Georgian-style mahogany bookcase.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34At over ?500, a big investment,
0:24:34 > 0:24:38but do you know what? Sometimes gambles pay off.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Down here, we've got my scarves that came from Paris,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43and over here, we've got my terracotta planter
0:24:43 > 0:24:47and I'm hoping that a reclamation yard is going to buy this from me,
0:24:47 > 0:24:48with a good profit.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Now my pot pourri here has a little bit of a story behind it.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Because when we were at the car boot,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58it was put on a table with some other items and unfortunately for me,
0:24:58 > 0:24:59the table collapsed.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03And my poor cockerel, which is the lovely finial here,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06came off worst and you can see that the comb here,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09right on top of his head, has a great big chip out of it,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11which is really sad.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14But the Put Your Money games masters
0:25:14 > 0:25:18have very kindly offered to stump up the cost of restoring the piece,
0:25:18 > 0:25:22which we're going to do, before it goes into auction.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Yes, we'll have him back to his crowning glory in no time, Kate.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Now, alongside the cockerel pot pourri holder,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31also going into the auction are the Japanese vases,
0:25:31 > 0:25:33the 18-carat ring
0:25:33 > 0:25:35and the silver and glass preserve pot.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39So, having formulated strategies and set out their schemes,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42our two selling salmons must leap upstream
0:25:42 > 0:25:44towards the promised land of profit,
0:25:44 > 0:25:45knowing that no deal is sealed
0:25:45 > 0:25:48until they've shaken and the cash is in their hands.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52And first to take to the skies is Wing Commander Eric,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55as he sets his sights on Wycombe Air Park,
0:25:55 > 0:25:58where he's taking his Norman Parkinson framed photo print.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Now, does this pose look familiar?
0:26:01 > 0:26:05I'm endeavouring to emulate the model
0:26:05 > 0:26:08on my Norman Parkinson photograph.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09I'm here to meet Karen,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13and she's the manager of the on-site cafe restaurant.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16I paid, yes, ?5 for this,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18and I'm going to be a little bit cheeky,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21because I'm going to ask for ?30 to ?40,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24because I've got the right girl in the right place...
0:26:24 > 0:26:26at the right time.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28So here's me girl.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29She's very lovely.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34This is actually a lady model called Wenda.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36She was initially Wenda Rogerson,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39and in 1947 she married this man.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42She married the photographer, Norman Parkinson.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45This photograph was taken in 1951.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Looking around here, I can't help but think
0:26:48 > 0:26:51it is just right for your restaurant.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52It would look nice. Yeah?
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Yeah. I'm not going to take anything less than...
0:26:56 > 0:26:59?35. ?30.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Listen, if you want to pay me ?30 for that, we'll shake on it.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Yes, that sale means a profit of ?25
0:27:05 > 0:27:09and Eric's selling campaign is off to a flying start.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11But that's not enough for our lad.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13I cannot leave this air park
0:27:13 > 0:27:17without endeavouring to fulfil a lifelong ambition.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21HOLLYWOOD ACCENT: Introducing The Knocker as...
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Top Deal.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27When profits must be made,
0:27:27 > 0:27:29there are no points for second place.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34And only the most fearless flyers will survive.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Golf X-Ray Tango, ready to taxi.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Yes, nice try, Eric.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45# Let's fly, let's fly away... #
0:27:47 > 0:27:51So, as he enjoys the ride of his life, Kate is on a selling spree.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54First, she shifts her silk scarves
0:27:54 > 0:27:57to Debbie, who owns a vintage shop in Bath,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59for a profit of ?66.36.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00Ooh la la!
0:28:00 > 0:28:04And then she moves on to her big money item - the mahogany bookcase.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08I'm on my way to one of the biggest antiques centres in my area.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Now, I've already had my bookcase delivered there.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14This is a big gamble for me.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I've spent over ?500 on it.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Can I make a profit?
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Well, I'm going to try!
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Try she might, but will antiques dealer Andrew
0:28:22 > 0:28:24want the bookcase to sell on?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Yes, that's quite nice, isn't it?
0:28:26 > 0:28:29It's Edwardian, about 1900, 1910.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Is this sort of a good seller for you? It is.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36It'll fit in the more modern house and it'll fit in the older house.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38It's one of those that will go anywhere.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Well, I'm looking for around the ?600 mark. How does that sound?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43If we were looking at 575, I'd be a goer,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45but I wouldn't want to do any more.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Well, that's great for me, Andrew. We got a deal, then?
0:28:48 > 0:28:49Fantastic!
0:28:49 > 0:28:52So it seems Kate's risky strategy has paid off,
0:28:52 > 0:28:55and she walks away with a profit of ?55.80.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00Now, Eric is also in Herefordshire, on Kate's home turf.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02First, he sells the World War I portrait tiles
0:29:02 > 0:29:04to the Ironbridge Gorge Tile Museum
0:29:04 > 0:29:06for a profit of ?18.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10And then he targets collector Martin
0:29:10 > 0:29:12with his Art Nouveau bronze card tray.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17I'm here to meet somebody that I've known for quite some time.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21Not only is he a hotelier, but he's also an antique dealer
0:29:21 > 0:29:24and I think it's fair to say that when it comes to taste,
0:29:24 > 0:29:27we're bordering somewhere amongst the eclectic.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30A two-headed sheep?!
0:29:30 > 0:29:32We said sell a tray, Eric, not sell a field!
0:29:32 > 0:29:35So, will Martin help Knocker find a profit
0:29:35 > 0:29:39from the ?27.27 he paid for it at the French market?
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Have a look at it. Have a feel.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Just feel the weight of that.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Oh, yes. You're getting your ?10 worth here, aren't you?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48You certainly are.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52Date-wise, I would put it around about 1895, 1900.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56No, it's very nice. I can see that this will work here.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00I was looking around about ?120 or thereabouts.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02?90?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04?90? There's no leeway there, is there?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06For old times' sake, ?95.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07?95.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09That's got a nice ring to it. Put it there.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13Eric earns a stupendous ?67.73 for the tray.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14He's on fire!
0:30:14 > 0:30:17And Kate is hardly petering out either.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18She sold her decanter
0:30:18 > 0:30:21to Herefordshire-based antiques dealer Steph,
0:30:21 > 0:30:23making a profit of ?17.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Now she's taking the terracotta planter to Frome,
0:30:26 > 0:30:29where she's hoping Steve, a reclamation merchant,
0:30:29 > 0:30:32will want to buy the pot that cost her ?64.90 at the auction.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Well, this is what I brought for you.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Terracotta. I would say it's around 1900 -
0:30:37 > 0:30:40very late Victorian, early Edwardian.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42There's no name on the bottom,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45but I think it possibly might be by Carter and Company.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Something you'd want to sell?
0:30:47 > 0:30:49We'd have a go at it, yes.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52OK. Well, I'm looking for somewhere...
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Well, it would be good to get a couple of hundred pounds for it.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57I do love a girl with a sense of humour!
0:30:57 > 0:30:58How about ?80?
0:30:58 > 0:31:00It's a bit too low for me. 150?
0:31:00 > 0:31:02I'd stretch to ?100.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Could you go a wee bit more for me - say ?120?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11It is quite unusual. I'll meet you halfway. 110 and we'll have a deal.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16You're a hard man, but I'll go with 110. OK. Done. Thanks very much.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20Steve buys the pot and affords Kate a profit of ?45.10,
0:31:20 > 0:31:24meaning she's all sold up and ready to go to auction.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Knocker Knowles, on the other hand,
0:31:26 > 0:31:29still has his secret weapon waiting in the wings -
0:31:29 > 0:31:30the faience vase.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Now, from the moment he spotted it,
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Eric felt that it might have some real value.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38But that would depend entirely on how old it was.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42He's been working tirelessly to find the right person to take it to.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44And now he has a promising lead.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50I do have a potential buyer, but he doesn't want to be filmed.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53So what I thought was initially a 19th-century piece,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55having done my research,
0:31:55 > 0:31:58looks like it could well be from the 18th century.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01And if it is, then I am in for what they call
0:32:01 > 0:32:03a very tidy profit.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Eric is confident that, in his potential buyer,
0:32:06 > 0:32:08he's found exactly the right person
0:32:08 > 0:32:10to evaluate the true age of the vase.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15So will he be looking at an 18th-century item worth big bucks
0:32:15 > 0:32:18or a more modern and less valuable piece of pottery?
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Well, we'll just have to wait and see how Eric gets on with that,
0:32:22 > 0:32:25as now it's time for the Showdown auction.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28But before we dive head first into the bidding,
0:32:28 > 0:32:30let's recap the figures.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Eric has sold three of his four items,
0:32:34 > 0:32:37but already has a profit of ?110.73.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Kate Bliss has sold all four of her items,
0:32:40 > 0:32:45and has an impressive profit of ?184.26.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50So that's it for the masterful selling skills.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Now Eric and Kate must head, with their hearts in their mouths,
0:32:54 > 0:32:58and fear in their eyes, towards the auction,
0:32:58 > 0:33:00where the rest of their items will go up for sale.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03How are you doing, Kate? Yeah, fine.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05I've got those pre-auction butterflies.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09That comes from being a professional auctioneer.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11A busman's holiday.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Yes, well, this won't be any kind of holiday, Eric.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16With no reserve on today's lots,
0:33:16 > 0:33:18there are no guarantees.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Before the auction kicks off,
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Kate has been reunited with her pot pourri holder,
0:33:23 > 0:33:25which has come back from the restorers.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29I am thrilled, because she has done the most fantastic job
0:33:29 > 0:33:32on what was chipped on that little cockscomb there.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Now, I paid 45 for this.
0:33:34 > 0:33:39And the auctioneer has put an estimate of ?80 to ?120.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Looking good!
0:33:41 > 0:33:44So Kate is brimming with confidence, and Eric too
0:33:44 > 0:33:46is looking very pleased with himself.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51This is a pot that could gladden the heart of any pottery collector.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53And it's got everything you could ever want -
0:33:53 > 0:33:55a fabulous glaze,
0:33:55 > 0:33:57nice shape.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59As far as pots go,
0:33:59 > 0:34:01this is definitely premiership.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Yes, both experts feeling chipper, but for how long?
0:34:04 > 0:34:06With the auction about to kick off,
0:34:06 > 0:34:09our dealers' fates are now out of their hands.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12And first up it's Eric and that Burmantoft vase,
0:34:12 > 0:34:15which cost him ?31.82.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17I think it's a good thing. It should do well.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20It's the Burmantoft twin-handled rust-coloured vase.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23I can start the bidding at...
0:34:23 > 0:34:25?65.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26Bid 70 in the room.
0:34:26 > 0:34:32?75 with me. ?75 is the bid with me and we sell, ?75.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34And that's a profit of ?31.92,
0:34:34 > 0:34:37and a great start for Eric.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Well done, you.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42It's hardly big business, but it is... It's business.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44It's business.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Yes, and there's no business like Showdown business.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49So, with Eric's first profit in the bag,
0:34:49 > 0:34:53how will Kate get on with those two vases that cost her ?45?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Start me at 50?
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Got a commission here. I'll start at 30. ?30 is the bid.
0:34:58 > 0:35:0032. Surely...
0:35:00 > 0:35:02?30. ?30 bid. They're lovely!
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Do we have 32?
0:35:04 > 0:35:08?32 is bid in the room. 32 in the room. 32 is bid,
0:35:08 > 0:35:11and I'm selling. Sold.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14That is NOT good news!
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Yes, Kate's first lot is also her first loss,
0:35:17 > 0:35:19and she ends up ?19 down
0:35:19 > 0:35:21on the vases after fees.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24You was robbed. Just robbed.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26So it's back to Eric and the pewter serving dish
0:35:26 > 0:35:28that cost him ?60.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I'm hopeful, you know, that somebody like Bill Gates
0:35:31 > 0:35:33is actually looking in somewhere at the moment.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Yeah, Bill Gates?! It's a pewter dish, not a computer disk, Eric!
0:35:37 > 0:35:40I start the bidding at ?55 with me.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Got 60. Not bad. 65 with me.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Right. ?65, the bid is with me.
0:35:45 > 0:35:4865 is the bid. Any further interest? Sold.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Oh, dear, that didn't go well.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54After fees, the dish nets Eric a loss of ?4.76,
0:35:54 > 0:35:56the Showdown auction testing the will
0:35:56 > 0:35:58of even the most experienced experts.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02And next, it's time to see if diamonds are Kate's best friend,
0:36:02 > 0:36:04as her ring, which set her back ?75,
0:36:04 > 0:36:06goes under the hammer.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07Here it is!
0:36:07 > 0:36:10?60. Start me at ?60.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11That's a rocky start!
0:36:11 > 0:36:13?60 is bid.
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Come on!
0:36:14 > 0:36:16We're looking for 65.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Are they real diamonds?
0:36:19 > 0:36:20Of course they're real diamonds!
0:36:20 > 0:36:23I just wanted to make sure everyone knew. You're putting them off!
0:36:23 > 0:36:25I believe they are real diamonds.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Would you like to take the auction? No, no, forgive me!
0:36:27 > 0:36:28Eric, play nice!
0:36:28 > 0:36:30I tell you what, I'll keep schtum in future.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Yes, sometimes silence is golden.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Kate's ring sells for ?85,
0:36:35 > 0:36:38making a loss of ?2.76.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41Next up is Eric's Chinese dinner service,
0:36:41 > 0:36:43which cost him ?40.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45And he's got high hopes for this one.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47If you're into candlelit suppers,
0:36:47 > 0:36:51I mean, you put that on the table, it's got the wow factor, hasn't it?
0:36:51 > 0:36:5330 bid. ?30 in the room.
0:36:53 > 0:36:5532 bid. 32 in the room.
0:36:55 > 0:36:5735 on the net.
0:36:57 > 0:36:5838? 38 bid.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Creeping up.
0:37:00 > 0:37:0240. 42?
0:37:02 > 0:37:0442 in the room.
0:37:04 > 0:37:0545 on the net. 48?
0:37:05 > 0:37:0748 bid in the room now.
0:37:07 > 0:37:1050? 50 on the net. 55?
0:37:10 > 0:37:12?50 it is on the net.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Pretty much a break-even, isn't it?
0:37:14 > 0:37:17I had greater expectations.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Yes, but this auction is proving to be
0:37:19 > 0:37:21a bit of a bleak house for our experts,
0:37:21 > 0:37:24as Eric scrapes a small profit of ?2.50.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29But up next is Kate's restored ceramic pot pourri holder.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Will it bring the sweet smell of success?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34So it's a nice item.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Commission interest.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40Not enormous commission interest, but I've got ?38 bid on commission.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42It's a start.
0:37:42 > 0:37:4538 is bid, then. We'll have to take the commission bid of ?38 only.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46No further interest?
0:37:46 > 0:37:48You're joking!
0:37:48 > 0:37:49?38 the bid. Sold.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51?38 is not good.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53It certainly isn't, Kate.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55In fact, it's a loss of ?13.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58This auction is proving to be a tough challenge for our dealers.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00They both have just one item left,
0:38:00 > 0:38:03so there's a lot riding on those last two lots.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05And it's Eric who's first up,
0:38:05 > 0:38:09with his mahogany clock which cost him just over ?200.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Lot 750A is...
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Here it is. Yeah.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16?95 is my commission bid.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20Do we have 100 anywhere? ?95 is bid and we will sell. 100. 110.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22120. 120, I'm out.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24120, we're in the room now.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27130 with the lady. Do we have 140 anywhere?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29At 130, and I'm selling.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Ooh, that's got to hurt!
0:38:31 > 0:38:34The Lancastrian lad is devastated
0:38:34 > 0:38:36as he swallows a loss of ?90.10.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37At least his rival is on hand
0:38:37 > 0:38:38with some words of comfort.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Do you want my hanky?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44So that's it for Eric - he's all sold up.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47And as he takes a moment to deal with his loss,
0:38:47 > 0:38:50it's now over to Kate and her final item -
0:38:50 > 0:38:54the silver and cut glass preserve pot that cost her ?36.36.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57I think a really nice quality piece
0:38:57 > 0:38:59and I'm pinning all my hopes on it.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Let's start the bidding at
0:39:01 > 0:39:03?75.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05?75 we have. Yes!
0:39:05 > 0:39:08At last, there's a bidder who's splashing the cash.
0:39:08 > 0:39:1090. 95?
0:39:10 > 0:39:1295 in the room.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14?100 on the net.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15110, sir? 110 bid.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19110 bid in the room. Looking for 120. Sold.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22110! Yes! That's a profit.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25It is indeed, Kate. Specifically, it's a profit of ?57.14.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28So the auction is all done,
0:39:28 > 0:39:30meaning finally our experts can relax,
0:39:30 > 0:39:32which is precisely what they plan to do.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36Shall we go and have a cup of tea? I think that's a jolly good idea.
0:39:38 > 0:39:39But this story isn't over.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Remember Eric's tin-glazed vase?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Could it be true treasure?
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Eric has sold it to the specialist collector that he took it to.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49The buyer, who didn't want to be filmed,
0:39:49 > 0:39:51confirmed that Eric's hunch was right.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54The vase is an original 18th-century piece
0:39:54 > 0:39:56and therefore, very valuable.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00But before we reveal just how valuable,
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Eric, being the gent that he is,
0:40:02 > 0:40:05wants to share his special moment with his rival.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I bought it as 19th-century,
0:40:07 > 0:40:11but the more I looked at it, I thought I'd better do more research.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13So I actually showed it to two or three experts
0:40:13 > 0:40:15and I got varying opinions,
0:40:15 > 0:40:20and eventually, the idea of it being 18th-century
0:40:20 > 0:40:22and not 19th-century.
0:40:22 > 0:40:2518th-century tin-glazed... I can see where this is going.
0:40:25 > 0:40:30Well, it's going quite some way from the ?45 I paid for it.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35In fact, it's gone as far as a profit on the ?45
0:40:35 > 0:40:37of another ?2,000!
0:40:37 > 0:40:39So... WOW!
0:40:39 > 0:40:40Congratulations!
0:40:40 > 0:40:42That's very noble of you.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44That's amazing!
0:40:44 > 0:40:46I've not come here to gloat, I promise you.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Yes, Eric made a record-breaking profit
0:40:49 > 0:40:52of ?2,000 on the faience vase.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53And with that amazing sale,
0:40:53 > 0:40:56he has surely won the Showdown.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58But before we find out by how much,
0:40:58 > 0:41:01let's remind ourselves of what our experts both spent.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Both Eric and Kate began this contest with ?1,000.
0:41:06 > 0:41:11Eric "Knocker" Knowles spent a total of ?586.69
0:41:11 > 0:41:12on his eight items.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15His nemesis, Kate "Absolute" Bliss
0:41:15 > 0:41:17bought the same amount, but spent a lot more -
0:41:17 > 0:41:19?807.10 in total.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22All the money that Eric and Kate have made today
0:41:22 > 0:41:25will be going to a charity of their choice.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27So, without further ado, it's time to find out
0:41:27 > 0:41:31who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34Hey! Here we are.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Showdown! I know.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Well, I don't think you've got anything to be worried about,
0:41:40 > 0:41:42because I'm really...
0:41:42 > 0:41:46knowing what's going to happen here. I feel like a lamb to the slaughter!
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Not one to be smug, I can assure you!
0:41:50 > 0:41:53OK, so come on, then - what's the damage?
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Ready, steady...go!
0:41:55 > 0:41:56Whoa!
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Look at that - four figures!
0:41:59 > 0:42:00That's fantastic!
0:42:00 > 0:42:03I'm having an out-of-body experience!
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Very, very good.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Well, shall we see how we went on for the entire week?
0:42:08 > 0:42:11This could be a close one. Are you ready? Ready, steady...
0:42:11 > 0:42:12go!
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Ooh, look at that!
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Just pipped you.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Closer than I thought it was going to be, actually.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Well, I've got to say that,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25until yesterday, I thought it was all over bar the shouting,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28but it just goes to show, it doesn't matter where you start from,
0:42:28 > 0:42:30it's where you finish. I know!
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Why am I thinking tortoise and hare...?
0:42:32 > 0:42:34What a result!
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Having been beaten on all four of the previous challenges,
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Eric shows why he's dealing royalty,
0:42:39 > 0:42:42having pulled the rug from under his rival's feet.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Both our duelling dealers
0:42:44 > 0:42:46have made fantastic profits,
0:42:46 > 0:42:49and all that money will be going to their chosen charities.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53All my profits will go to Prostate Cancer UK,
0:42:53 > 0:42:57which provides research and support for those who are suffering.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01My charity is Blind Veterans UK.
0:43:01 > 0:43:06Now, this is an organisation that looks after servicemen and women
0:43:06 > 0:43:08returning from areas of combat
0:43:08 > 0:43:10who have suffered visual impairment.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14After a week of buying, bartering, battling and haggling,
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Eric and Kate have put their money where their mouths are
0:43:17 > 0:43:21and proved they can make big profits from antiques
0:43:21 > 0:43:23when their own money is on the line.
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