0:00:02 > 0:00:08This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, pitching TV's best-loved antiques experts against each other
0:00:08 > 0:00:11in an all-out battle for profit.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16And giving you the insider's view of the trade.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Who's there?
0:00:19 > 0:00:25Each week, one pair of duelling dealers will face a different daily challenge.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27The original cheeky chappie!
0:00:27 > 0:00:32Putting their reputations on the line... Full house! Oh, I say!
0:00:32 > 0:00:39..and giving you their top tips and savvy secrets on how to make the most money buying and selling.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42I'm feeling rather lucky.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Coming up: James Lewis offers a lesson in economics.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52As the supply in England is lower, let's just hope the demand is higher.
0:00:52 > 0:01:00James Braxton gets lost in translation. Er... mon francais est...lamentable.
0:01:00 > 0:01:07And the Lionheart ignites a new career. The Lionheart candle! There you are! A new range.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Yes, welcome, friends and antiques lovers.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Prepare for an overflowing magnum of memorabilia madness.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Expect danger as our two towering antiques experts go head to head,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38romance as they fall in love with lost treasures
0:01:38 > 0:01:44and explosive action as they try to sell their wares for the greatest profit.
0:01:44 > 0:01:50And today's first contender is a connoisseur whose reputation is so large,
0:01:50 > 0:01:55lesser experts get drawn into its gravitational pull.
0:01:55 > 0:02:01Fighting once more out of the county of Derbyshire, we give you James "The Lionheart" Lewis.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Anything can make a profit.
0:02:04 > 0:02:11Our second auction actioneer is a chap who's been in the fine art and furniture business man and boy,
0:02:11 > 0:02:15who's dedicated his life to trading treasures of yesteryear.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Why does he do it? Because he can. Who does he do it for? For you!
0:02:19 > 0:02:24It's the poshest professor of purchasing - James "Bingo" Braxton.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27I've got to buy, buy, buy. I'm off.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Yes. Golly gosh, Bingo! What have you let yourself in for?
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Today we're cranking the challenge up a notch or two
0:02:35 > 0:02:40as we send our brave boys off to buy bits and bobs in foreign parts.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44France, in fact. And the Saint Ouen flea market in Paris.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49Over 100 years old, it claims to be the biggest antiques market in the world,
0:02:49 > 0:02:56an unmissable attraction for Parisians and tourists and the perfect battleground for our dealers
0:02:56 > 0:03:01who are packing ?750-worth of euros. It's their own money and making profit is the name of the game.
0:03:01 > 0:03:08So, James Lewis and James Braxton, it's time to Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15Bonjour! Bonjour, James. Ca va? Ca va tres bien. Et vous? Oui, aussi.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20We're in the centre of antiques. We are. And antiquities.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25Have you been here before? Once. It's not the cheapest market in the world. It's not.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29How much money have we got? 825 euros.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31En francais?
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Oh...huit cents vingt cinq. Ah, tres bien, tres bien.
0:03:35 > 0:03:41Je ne parler, er...anglais. You don't speak English? Non, non. Really?!
0:03:41 > 0:03:45En francais, mangetout, mangetout. OK?
0:03:45 > 0:03:50Good luck. Bonne chance! I think we're going to need it. Bonne chance.
0:03:50 > 0:03:57A classic bit of pre-match banter as Bingo Braxton tries to throw his opponent with his dodgy French,
0:03:57 > 0:04:01while the Lionheart is giving him the willies about how pricey it is.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Still, Bingo's not worried...is he?
0:04:04 > 0:04:09Suddenly it's dawned on me how expensive this market is.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13I've got my work cut out. I'll have to be tough on prices.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18Yes, that's the spirit, Bingo. Hard work will win the day.
0:04:18 > 0:04:24But what about Mr Lewis? If he knows so much about it here, what are his plans for the day?
0:04:24 > 0:04:28I have to not look at things I'm interested in personally
0:04:28 > 0:04:34and open my eyes and look at everything - anything that can make a profit. Looking at everything
0:04:34 > 0:04:38might be a tall order in a market of this size, but good luck.
0:04:38 > 0:04:44And it is Mr Lewis who spies his first potential purchase, but what could it be?
0:04:44 > 0:04:48This is a 19th-century bronze pestle and mortar.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52The French had quite strong links with places like Morocco
0:04:52 > 0:04:59and the trade links were strong, so you get more Moroccan things here in France.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05Traditionally, they were used for pharmacies, for grinding medicines and powders,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08but today, of course, they're used for herbs and spices.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13James is hooked on the pestle and mortar, but can he get a good deal?
0:05:13 > 0:05:17The dealers here are probably the hardest in France to move on price.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Em...trente?
0:05:19 > 0:05:25James ploughs in with 30 euro, but the man's having none of it. He wants 50.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Quarante cinq. Oh, he's shifted to 45 now.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Trente cinq? Non.
0:05:31 > 0:05:37James offers 35, but he might just as well have slapped the bloke in the face.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Go on, try 40. Monsieur...quarante?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43OK. Oui? Merci.
0:05:43 > 0:05:49There you go. 40 euro. That's ?36.36 and James Lewis is off the mark.
0:05:49 > 0:05:55Now what about old Bingo? He's found a bit of garden furniture that he's interested in.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Time for some good old Franglais.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Qu'est-ce que c'est...votre... your dernier prix...pour le table?
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Quatre vingt euro.
0:06:06 > 0:06:12En anglais, it's 80. Yes, James has been buffing up his French numbers.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15I like it. Very good. Thank you.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Does it have a name? C'est un gueridon.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Gelion? Un gueridon de jardin.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Gueridon...ce le jardin. Voila.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Yes, mind like a whip. Picking up the lingo and doing a deal.
0:06:29 > 0:06:3380 euro for the table is ?72.73. Now when we say table,
0:06:33 > 0:06:38it's not a table. It's a geri... jeri... What have you bought?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41A gueridon de le...
0:06:41 > 0:06:43..de le jardin. A small table.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48Maybe a stand for plants or for the aperitifs, en francais.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51It's got a good weight to it. Wrought iron base.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55It's got a little hole here.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I should be able to make a small profit.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03So both dealers now up and running and battle is well underway.
0:07:03 > 0:07:09Earlier on, James Lewis was winding Bingo up about the prices here in Paris,
0:07:09 > 0:07:15but it's him who is first to be drawn by the temptation of a very expensive item. But what is it?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18It's known as a portico clock.
0:07:18 > 0:07:24They take their design from the front section of a classical house.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27And these columns are Doric.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32This was made probably in France in the 1850s. 350 euros.
0:07:33 > 0:07:39350 euros is about ?295, getting on for about half of his remaining budget.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43And it doesn't stop there because the pair of candlesticks
0:07:43 > 0:07:47are a further ?250 on top.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Wow. That's a huge chunk out of my budget.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55It's expensive, but he loves it. Look at that face.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Merci.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02Well, James walks away from the clock, but he can't get it out of his mind.
0:08:03 > 0:08:11The clock continually ticks away in his consciousness, crying out, "Buy me, James! Buy me!"
0:08:12 > 0:08:16And it's not long before he's back, desperate to get the price down.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Madame, regardez, s'il vous plait.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Ici. Ici.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Ici.
0:08:24 > 0:08:31He points out some damage, offers 500, but she won't shift on 550. What are you going to do, James?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I can come back. Merci.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36So James walks away again.
0:08:36 > 0:08:42He knows that spending nearly two-thirds of his budget on one lot is an enormous gamble.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46To take his mind off it, he seeks solace in a good cheap vase.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50I guess this is 1960s, but it's a classic bit of French glass.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Flowing lines, very sculptural.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Two things that I think are always good to go for in a foreign market
0:08:58 > 0:09:03are, one, foreign things, maybe English things,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06that make more in England because we recognise them.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11Also, things that are really, really common here and quite rare there.
0:09:11 > 0:09:18So they're almost two extremes and you see these all over the place in France.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Not so much in England, so the theory is that as the supply in England is lower,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26let's hope the demand is higher.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31James pays 17 euro for the vase. That translates to ?15.45,
0:09:31 > 0:09:35but has it taken his mind off that expensive clock?
0:09:35 > 0:09:41No, it hasn't. Elsewhere, Bingo is still struggling with the prices.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Not that he can't afford them, but that he can't understand them.
0:09:45 > 0:09:51He's found a set of six chairs he'd like to buy for 200 euro, but the dealer speaks no English.
0:09:51 > 0:09:58We could be here for a while. Le francais...tres difficile pour moi. Deux cents euro. Non.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Non? Non?
0:10:00 > 0:10:06If you want to know which corner of a foreign field is forever England, it's in Bingo's head,
0:10:06 > 0:10:12but with the help of a friendly bilingual shopkeeper, he manages a purchase. My price.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Deux cents cinquante.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17OK. OK? OK.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Merci, monsieur.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24I have just bought a lovely set of six chairs. Typically French.
0:10:24 > 0:10:30This is a sort of plastic weave. It's rather jolly colours. We've got this red and cream.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36And they're good, solid fellows. Made of light materials. And we've got a date here - 1995.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41That is a surprise. I was hoping for 1950s, '60s.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45I thought, "Oh, good. It's dated." And there it was, 1995.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Je suis desole.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49When can I cry?
0:10:49 > 0:10:54You have to cry in your own time. Poor old Bingo, confused by the prices,
0:10:54 > 0:10:59confused by the dates, confused by France in general.
0:10:59 > 0:11:05He pays 250 euro or ?227.27 for the set of six bistro chairs.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11That's almost a third of his budget. Will he see a profit? Time will tell.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Now James Lewis has a brain like an encyclopaedia of antiques.
0:11:15 > 0:11:21There are very few objects he won't recognise, but one has tweaked his curiosity.
0:11:21 > 0:11:27I think it's something to do with making cheese. It looks like some sort of cheese press.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Combien? Trente euro.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Trente. 30 euro. Vingt?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Oui? Merci.
0:11:34 > 0:11:41My spending isn't getting higher. But your choices get weirder. Some sort of cheesy pressy thing
0:11:41 > 0:11:48for 20 euro translates to ?18.18 and James moves straight onto an equally odd purchase.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53At least this time he knows what it is. It's a candle mould.
0:11:53 > 0:12:00So the wick goes down one hole, up over these little indentations here and down the other side.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04And then they're pulled tight here through these holes.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09Once you've snapped it shut, you pour molten wax through the top.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13What's it worth? Well, 120 euro they've got on it.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I'll see what he'll take for it.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Bonjour, monsieur. Bonjour. Trop cher! Hundred?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24I was thinking 60, but... 70, it's yours.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28You've got a deal. Thank you. James knocks the dealer down
0:12:28 > 0:12:31from 120 euro to 70.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34That's ?63.64 for the candle maker.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39How is he going to sell these quirky objects on? And will he be able to make a profit?
0:12:39 > 0:12:46Well, his rival, having accidentally splashed out a third of his budget on a set of modern chairs
0:12:46 > 0:12:50is now back on the trail of a proper antique and has one in his sights.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Look at this table. It's over 100 years old. It is.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57It's Ottoman, it's Turkish.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Missing its blocks here. It's a bit tired. Tres fatigue.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05We've got some nice inlay here. Mother of pearl. Mother of pearl.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Yeah. Lovely colours to it.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13My price is...cent quatre-vingt. My goodness!
0:13:13 > 0:13:18So James offers 180 euro and nearly gives the man a heart attack.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21If you like it, I make it 200 euro.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23200 euro? OK.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Acheter. I buy. Merci, monsieur.
0:13:26 > 0:13:32Well, they settle on 200 euro. That's ?181.82 for the antique table,
0:13:32 > 0:13:38although once again James is about to get a nasty surprise as no sooner does he walk round the corner
0:13:38 > 0:13:45than he finds another stall full of Turkish tables and yes - sorry, James - they're cheaper.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47That's interesting. Another stall.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50This is the Ottoman empire.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54150. Haven't you just paid 200 for one of those?
0:13:54 > 0:13:58I think I paid too much for mine. Yeah, you paid 200!
0:13:58 > 0:14:02Cent...vingt? Cent trente.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07Cent trente? Oui, monsieur. The other table was older so cost that little bit more,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11but this one is newer so he spent less, at ?118.18.
0:14:11 > 0:14:18At least he's getting through his budget. James Lewis is struggling to find anything he likes.
0:14:18 > 0:14:24He's probably got something on his mind. I'm thinking about that clock and those candlesticks.
0:14:24 > 0:14:30I'm going to see if they're still there. Fingers crossed, she'll give me a bit of a discount.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35Even more fingers crossed she hasn't sold them. How many fingers?!
0:14:35 > 0:14:39I don't want to look too keen or the price might go up!
0:14:39 > 0:14:44You've been in the shop three times! That's hardly playing hard to get.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Cinq cent? Oui. Oui?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Cinq cent. Merci.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55500. The clock and the candlesticks. My heart's beginning to pound a bit.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00That's not surprising. 500 euro is ?454.55,
0:15:00 > 0:15:06a massive chunk of his cash. When the dealers do that, though, you just know they think they have
0:15:06 > 0:15:08a real moneymaker on their hands.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13We've got a portico clock, made in alabaster. Made around 1820,
0:15:13 > 0:15:191850. Got more flowers and this great band of stylised lotus leaves,
0:15:19 > 0:15:23something that you see in classical architecture all over the place.
0:15:23 > 0:15:30If you've got a clock on your mantelpiece and it doesn't have a bell or a gong, it's not a clock.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34The definition of a clock is it tells the time, but also chimes.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39If it doesn't chime, it's a timepiece. The candlesticks are made from ormolu.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44Very fashionable in France. Ormolu is gold-plated bronze.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Two great pieces of French 19th-century art,
0:15:48 > 0:15:52but both of them inspired by what was going on 2,000 years earlier.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57Was James buying with his head or his heart? It feels like a gamble.
0:15:57 > 0:16:03That one huge budget-busting buy could make or break him when it comes to selling on.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07So let's check the stats to see where things are on the spending.
0:16:07 > 0:16:13Remember, our duelling dealers started the day with ?750-worth of their own euro.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18So far, James Lewis has invested in five purchases and spent a whopping ?588.18,
0:16:18 > 0:16:23leaving him just a paltry ?161.82 still to spend.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27His arch rival, James "Bingo" Braxton, on the other hand,
0:16:27 > 0:16:31has so far made four purchases at a cost of exactly ?600,
0:16:31 > 0:16:35leaving him with ?150 in his kitty.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Aha! Some purchases. You find me.
0:16:38 > 0:16:45Very nice. What do you think? I don't like the chairs. I like this. The barrow? No, the chairs!
0:16:45 > 0:16:50Very expensive chairs they were. How much? They were 41 euro each.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Each?! Each! Oh!
0:16:52 > 0:16:56How have you done? I've spent quite a lot, yeah.
0:16:56 > 0:17:02How's the French coming on? Oh, magnifique. Parlez vous francais? Like a native!
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Sur le marche. I'm off. Go on!
0:17:05 > 0:17:09So off they pop on the final round of buying here in France.
0:17:09 > 0:17:16Bingo has a bit of catching up to do and needs to find a decent antique after his bistro chair boo-boo.
0:17:16 > 0:17:23A real treasure is what he needs. His rival is giving no quarter, scouring the stands for bargains.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Bingo has to concentrate. Concentrate!
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Oh, forget it. What IS he doing now? Yes, what IS he doing?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34He's trying on a dirty old mac!
0:17:34 > 0:17:37And falling for salesman's flattery!
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Like Humphrey Bogart. Humphrey.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Humphrey Dumpty, more like!
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Good. Look this.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49C'est bon. And what's worse, Bingo is thinking of buying it!
0:17:49 > 0:17:55120 euro. Non! Yes, of course! Monsieur...
0:17:55 > 0:18:00What cost in shop? In shop, plus cher. But you're not in the shop!
0:18:00 > 0:18:03It's the street and second-hand!
0:18:03 > 0:18:06It's a great coat, isn't it? Yes.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Quatre-vingt dix? Yes, yes!
0:18:08 > 0:18:13Just say no, Bingo! Quatre-vingt dix, good. C'est bon.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Good! Merci, monsieur. Too late. He's done the deal.
0:18:17 > 0:18:2090 euro. That's ?81.82.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Bingo Braxton, explain yourself.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28This is a lovely coat. I'd hate to buy it in Regent Street,
0:18:28 > 0:18:35but there we are. It feels almost like a second skin. I've only just bought it for all of 90 euro.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Zut alors! My coat, my phone, my glasses! Quick!
0:18:40 > 0:18:47For goodness sake, what's he like? It's one thing losing your shirt, but coat, glasses and your phone?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50That's a different matter.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Across the way, James Lewis has purchased a carved Spanish galleon for 100 euro,
0:18:55 > 0:19:00?90.91 to you and me. It comes complete with all sorts of bits and pieces
0:19:00 > 0:19:03and will be a right old jigsaw.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08Model boats like these have been made for a couple of hundred years, really.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13The majority of them that we see are 20th century.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18This one has a few things about it that make me believe it's slightly earlier.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22The choppy sea - they're normally on a stand.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27The fact that it's carved out of a solid, rather than made of parts.
0:19:27 > 0:19:33And what a great job. A boat with the sea like that, in perfect condition,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36is worth ?500 or ?600.
0:19:36 > 0:19:44Damaged, I'm still hoping it might be worth three, but it might be a bit of a choppy ride to get there.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48As the boat clears out James's wallet, he calls it a day,
0:19:48 > 0:19:53leaving his eccentric rival a free run at the market. Will he pull something out of the bag?
0:19:53 > 0:19:57This is a flat weave fellow, generically known as kilim.
0:19:57 > 0:20:03You keep these hot colours with vegetable dyes. Definitely over 100 years old.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08This is just a sack, a useful thing for carrying stuff in.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11If I can buy that for under 100 euro, I will be a happy man.
0:20:11 > 0:20:19And, indeed, he successfully negotiated a stunning price of 70 euro. That's ?63.64.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23With the stallholders packing up, Bingo also throws in the towel,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26apart from one last smaller purchase.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31Whilst in France... Bonjour, monsieur. Ah, c'est bon!
0:20:31 > 0:20:38Yes, and that comes out of your other pocket, Bingo! Now it was fiercely fought here in Paris.
0:20:38 > 0:20:44Both boys struggled with the steep prices, but did they do what they set out to do? Well, let's check.
0:20:44 > 0:20:50Both our auction actioneers set off for France with ?750-worth of euro in their wallets.
0:20:50 > 0:20:56James Lewis ended up buying six items and spending a fraction over ?679.
0:20:56 > 0:21:02His arch rival James "Bingo" Braxton likewise will be returning home with six items.
0:21:02 > 0:21:08However, he ended up outspending James Lewis by parting with ?745.46.
0:21:08 > 0:21:15Now all they have to do is return their goods to the UK and sell them. How do they think the day went?
0:21:15 > 0:21:19We've got quite a bit. We have. It's quite a good haul.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23You've gone for trendy. I've gone for traditional.
0:21:23 > 0:21:30I see this fabulous clock. I like that. Was that cheap? That and the candlesticks were...
0:21:30 > 0:21:32500 euro. Plus cher.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36And that. A ship of the line with a very naturalistic base.
0:21:36 > 0:21:43That's what I liked about it. The base. What do you think will show your best profit? Best profit?
0:21:43 > 0:21:49Probably my hot-coloured rug. Kilim. What did that cost? That cost me 70.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53But I'll get two large cushions out of that with some backing. Ah, OK.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57I think I can add value to that. Yeah.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Anyway, good luck, James. Good luck.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07So our two adventurers return home from their continental excursion.
0:22:07 > 0:22:13They must now convert all that potential into pounds as each tries to make the biggest profit
0:22:13 > 0:22:18and bring home a victory. But before the selling struggle starts,
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Messieurs Braxton and Lewis retreat home to assess their wares.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27In Bingo's Sussex bunker, how's he feeling about his foreign buys?
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Here you find me sitting amongst my Paris market.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35To my right, domestic France, to my left, almost French colonies.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40My lovely carpet, this is a kilim, a flat weave fellow.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44I'll get two cushions out of it. I'll have to unstitch these
0:22:44 > 0:22:47and put a soft linen backing on them.
0:22:47 > 0:22:54My lovely tables, I spent some money on these. 200 euros on that fellow and then I went along the way
0:22:54 > 0:22:58and I bought that for a lot less. 130 euros.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03Who could resist these lovely three-legged tables? This collapses.
0:23:03 > 0:23:09It's got some age, the zinc top. Six of these lovely bistro chairs.
0:23:09 > 0:23:15These represent very much the Rolls-Royce of bistro chairs. And this is a classic trenchcoat.
0:23:15 > 0:23:21No gentleman should be without this. Quiet, methodical Bingo working out how to put his best foot forward.
0:23:21 > 0:23:27But over at the Lionheart's lair, Mr Lewis is also sifting through his sellables.
0:23:27 > 0:23:33Of all the things I bought in Paris, this is the one that's going to take all the time.
0:23:33 > 0:23:40I was so chuffed with it, I thought, "?100 seems fine." I shouldn't have given up Sea Scouts.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44My candlemaker, I've already got loads of people interested.
0:23:44 > 0:23:50The pestle and mortar. I can't find any examples of French ones that look like it,
0:23:50 > 0:23:55but I can't find any North African ones either. Then the cheese press.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00Really, really good thing. People who collect kitchenalia like it,
0:24:00 > 0:24:05but also people with dairies that still make cheese at home.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10The thing I haven't got a clue what to do with is the glass bowl. It really isn't me.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15The candlesticks and the clock, by far the best things,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18but at the moment... no interest at all.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23So, for me, it's time to find a buyer.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27That's the name of the game, James. Both must now find buyers.
0:24:27 > 0:24:33They'll scour the land for the best deals, knowing no deal is sealed until the cash is in their hands.
0:24:36 > 0:24:42And flying off to an early start is Bingo, who takes the white table to Julian,
0:24:42 > 0:24:46a Tunbridge Wells brasserie owner, hoping for a healthy profit
0:24:46 > 0:24:51on the ?72.73 he paid for it at the French market.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55A rather lovely thing, isn't it? Proper French? Proper French fellow.
0:24:55 > 0:25:01A wrought iron base. The three legs, always sitting true. Zinc top.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06No, it's nice. It seems right that it should come back to a brasserie.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11It does. I'd love to offer you 50. What about 80? Em...
0:25:11 > 0:25:1470 and I'm a happy man.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16In the middle, in the middle.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Wey-hey! I've made two quid.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24Not quite the profit he was hoping for, but it's better than you think.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28He's actually made ?2.27 on the table.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33James Lewis is up next as he takes his cheese press to Adrian and Alan, who run a dairy farm.
0:25:33 > 0:25:40Having paid ?18.18 for the cheese press, will he be able to squeeze out a profit here?
0:25:40 > 0:25:45I guess this is the sort of thing that a farm wife would have used in her kitchen.
0:25:45 > 0:25:51Her husband would have made it. A little bit missing. This would have formed a well.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55That puts the money down. It does, very much so.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58I think it adds to the character.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03Look at the size of that wing nut! It does get quite a lot of pressure down.
0:26:03 > 0:26:10So you seriously have force on it? Quite a lot of force. So is it of interest to you?
0:26:10 > 0:26:17We wouldn't use it, but it is interesting historically because we hope to have a visitors centre
0:26:17 > 0:26:23that tells the story of cheesemaking in the Peak District. What do you think it's worth? A good ?30
0:26:23 > 0:26:27of anyone's money. Yeah. I don't think so!
0:26:27 > 0:26:33How about 80? If we were stretched to 50, you'd be getting a good deal. You're getting a good deal, too.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37And you've got one. I'm happy. Shows me a profit.
0:26:37 > 0:26:43Cheers. James presses the flesh and makes a passable profit of ?31.82,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45leaving him with a nice cheesy grin.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50There are some deals that just feel absolutely right.
0:26:50 > 0:26:56It's not all about profit. It's finding the right home for them. This was one of those deals.
0:26:56 > 0:27:02Yes, but it is the profit that will win you the contest, a fact that Bingo is all too aware of.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07He's still in Tunbridge Wells with his two Turkish tables.
0:27:07 > 0:27:13He hopes Peter, a dealer in arts and crafts, will buy them. These mighty tables, why do you like them?
0:27:13 > 0:27:18We always try to carry a stock of these Ottoman inlaid tables.
0:27:18 > 0:27:24They were really in fashion in the 1890s. Right. But continued to be made into the 1920s.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26I think they're early 20th century.
0:27:26 > 0:27:33Have you got any others? Let's bring this one over and perhaps we can compare them.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37The range of inlaid Ottoman tables, these are towards the lower end.
0:27:37 > 0:27:43I know they need a bit of work, but I know also that they are quite fashionable
0:27:43 > 0:27:48and I had to pay some money for them. I'd be looking at 120 quid.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52My bottom price on these would be 450. Yeah.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Sorry, James. No? That's all right, Peter.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00I'll have to work a little harder.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05So Bingo's failure to sell only strengthens his resolve.
0:28:05 > 0:28:12He may be walking out with the tables, but he's now got a plan to do a little restoration.
0:28:12 > 0:28:18Peter's left me with this ebony and mother of pearl. I've a busy couple of days restoring these.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23I think it was the condition of the items that stopped a sale,
0:28:23 > 0:28:27but, when done, hopefully I'll get my price.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32Having so far sold one table and failed to sell two more, what next?
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Ah, yes, six chairs. He takes them to Charlie, a holiday home owner,
0:28:36 > 0:28:42hoping to make something on the ?227.27 they cost him.
0:28:42 > 0:28:47If you come away on holiday, you want to relax and sit down on these fabulous fellows.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51And how old are they? They look like they have the wear of the 1960s,
0:28:51 > 0:28:54but I turn one over - 1995!
0:28:56 > 0:29:02So shall we try them for comfort? This is the benefit of the tub-shaped chair. The comfort.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06It's an aggregate of flimsy materials that flexes.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10If I made you an offer of, say, ?40 a chair? ?40? Can I squeeze 50?
0:29:10 > 0:29:1650 a chair? 50 is good. 50 is good? Thank you. Thank you very much. Excellent.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21So a sit-down deal and a comfortable profit of ?72.73 for the chairs.
0:29:22 > 0:29:30James Lewis definitely isn't sitting down on the job. He's in Derbyshire to sell his cast-iron candlemaker.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34I've come to Tissington in the heart of Derbyshire.
0:29:34 > 0:29:39A very small village that's well-known for its arts and crafts.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44In particular, well dressing, but also candle making.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48So will Candle Annie want to give him a profit
0:29:48 > 0:29:51on the ?63.64 that he paid for it?
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Feel the weight of that.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58Yeah, that is really, really... heavy. Isn't it?
0:29:58 > 0:30:02I've never seen one like it. It's fascinating.
0:30:02 > 0:30:09And I think that it was more than likely used in households, for people to make their own candles.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Not a commercial thing. No.
0:30:11 > 0:30:17Before he goes in with his asking price, James's tactic is to prove that the mould still works.
0:30:17 > 0:30:24The wax is just its neutral colour. OK. What colour would you like? A maroon-y red. Maroon-y red?
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Perfect.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30So do we just pour it down the edge? Yeah. Just pour it into that hole.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33As if you're pouring a cup of tea.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37How long will this take to set now?
0:30:37 > 0:30:39About half an hour. Right.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44Because it's cast iron, will that take longer? A little bit, for being metal.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Made in our special candle maker. Our mould.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Lionheart candles. There you go! A new range!
0:30:52 > 0:30:56You'll have to have a little picture of me as a lion. A big sticker.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Is it useful? Do you want it?
0:31:00 > 0:31:04Or is it just a pain in the bum? I'd quite like it. OK.
0:31:04 > 0:31:10That's good, then. Expecting to haggle, bear that in mind. Yeah. 200.
0:31:10 > 0:31:16I was thinking more of...145. Are you ready to go up from there?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19A tiny bit. 146?
0:31:19 > 0:31:23I'm not going to argue. That's fine. Really? You've got a deal.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27That shows me a profit. I'm happy. Shall we look? Go on.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Look at those! Absolutely gorgeous!
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Well done, mould.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38That is so satisfying. Not only have I made a profit,
0:31:38 > 0:31:43but that candle mould is going to go into use and have candles being made again.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Perfect ending!
0:31:46 > 0:31:50# Mama, I'm sho' hard to handle now... #
0:31:50 > 0:31:56So James makes ?82.36 on the candle mould and as both our battling competitors wax on
0:31:56 > 0:32:02and wax off, let's find out who's burning brightly and who's getting on everyone's wick.
0:32:02 > 0:32:07James Lewis has only sold two items and has made ?114.18.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Bingo has also sold two items for a profit of ?75.
0:32:12 > 0:32:19So there really is everything to play for, but both our boys will want to pull out all the stops.
0:32:19 > 0:32:25James Braxton braves the great outdoors for his next sale at a tepee field in Eastbourne.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29That carpet bag I bought in Paris is now two lovely cushions
0:32:29 > 0:32:34with the addition of this lovely French blue linen on the back.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37We've a soft side and a hard kilim side.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41Always one to maximise his profits with some clever shenanigans,
0:32:41 > 0:32:48James has turned his bag into a pair of cushions which he hopes will fit into these tepees for hire.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52Including restoration costs, he's so far spent ?66.64,
0:32:52 > 0:32:56but will tepee park owner Sarah give him a profit?
0:32:56 > 0:33:00Let's have a look. Have a seat. Thank you. Very Indian style.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04You can see I'm an Englishman. I'm not used to this.
0:33:04 > 0:33:09I got these in Paris. It started off as a bag.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14These bags were used for everything. All the things that a nomadic tribesman would use.
0:33:14 > 0:33:19Quite coarse, isn't it? It feels very robust. It does.
0:33:19 > 0:33:27So what are you looking for? I would really like about... Yeah, 130-150, I think.
0:33:28 > 0:33:34How about 80 for the pair? 80 for the pair? That's quite low.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38What about 120? Call it 100 and we're there.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43What about 110 and I'll do it? Go on, then. 110 it is.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47Bingo makes a cushy profit of ?43.36 for the cushions.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51What extraordinary lengths our dealers will go to for sales!
0:33:51 > 0:33:57James Lewis is hoping to sell his pestle and mortar next and has travelled to a distant land,
0:33:57 > 0:34:04full of mystery and ancient magic. I've come to Marrakesh. No, not THE Marrakesh.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Marrakesh in Derby, to sell my Moroccan pestle and mortar.
0:34:07 > 0:34:14I paid about ?36, ?37 for it, but, do you know, I have no idea what I want for it.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17So we'll just play it by ear.
0:34:17 > 0:34:22Yes, James Lewis has brought his pestle and mortar to a Moroccan restaurant
0:34:22 > 0:34:29where he hopes owner Steve will want to buy it. I think it's much nicer than the majority of them we see.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34They're normally plain. Normally plain. Normally that shape.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38And we get an awful lot of them. And a lot larger.
0:34:38 > 0:34:44I think this is probably for spice and not for pharmaceutical use.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46You want to barter.
0:34:46 > 0:34:53I think we should... If we were in Morocco we would. I normally run away! I love it!
0:34:53 > 0:34:56I will offer you 100.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00130. This is my last and final offer...
0:35:00 > 0:35:05But that doesn't matter. You're in Marrakesh. True.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07110. 120.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11What's the... 115 and that IS my final offer. Deal.
0:35:11 > 0:35:18Deal. I'd have taken 100, but as we're in Marrakesh I just had to haggle.
0:35:18 > 0:35:24James getting more than he hoped for and making a spicy profit of ?78.64 on the pestle and mortar.
0:35:24 > 0:35:30And he isn't stopping there. He's caught a few fair winds in this selling storm so far
0:35:30 > 0:35:37and he successfully sells the 1960s glass vase for a profit of ?13.55 to Stephen from Nottinghamshire
0:35:37 > 0:35:41who wants it for a centrepiece in his dining room.
0:35:41 > 0:35:47Next, James blows into the capital city, hoping someone goes overboard when paying for his wooden ship.
0:35:49 > 0:35:55The Tudors fought the Spanish Armada for decades and they never reached London. Well, until now.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00My Spanish galleon is here, right in London's heartland.
0:36:00 > 0:36:05I'm hoping that a ?90 investment will result in doubloons of profit.
0:36:05 > 0:36:10James has painstakingly repaired the ship and has now set his sights on Shane,
0:36:10 > 0:36:14the manager of a central London pub called The Ship Tavern.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Do you like it? It's absolutely beautiful.
0:36:18 > 0:36:24It's something that I've not seen before with the carved solid waves. No, exactly.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28When I first saw it, I thought, "How wonderful. I'll put it together."
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Now I hate it.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33I hate it.
0:36:33 > 0:36:38The sails took me... You don't want to know how long
0:36:38 > 0:36:42to try to reassemble that from a bag of bits.
0:36:42 > 0:36:48So what would you do with it? Where would you put it? Probably above the fireplace here.
0:36:48 > 0:36:54We have another ship already there. What do you think it's worth? Two, maximum. Carved out of a solid?
0:36:54 > 0:37:01Not out of a kit. All the way from Paris. All the cannon are there. Little mother of pearl hatches.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04260, then.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07250.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10250. You've got a deal.
0:37:10 > 0:37:17Well, I'm in danger of sinking with my treasure chest full of profit, but the wind's in my sails
0:37:17 > 0:37:23and I'm just hoping it's plain sailing ahead. Well, a profit of ?159.09
0:37:23 > 0:37:29leaves James with only one item to go. Bingo had better get his skates on,
0:37:29 > 0:37:35especially still with those tables. After a bit of elbow grease, he's back in action.
0:37:35 > 0:37:41I've done a little work to them, cleaned them up with ammonia and steel wool, reglued the blocks,
0:37:41 > 0:37:48even cut one mother of pearl items. I still believe in them. And I think I've found somebody who loves them.
0:37:48 > 0:37:55With the restoration work done, James takes the tables that have cost him ?301 to London
0:37:55 > 0:37:59where he hopes Christopher, an interior designer, will buy them.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04They're such a useful, functional table, as well as highly decorative.
0:38:04 > 0:38:10And an incredible amount of workmanship in them with this inlay, mother of pearl and ebony.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12They are very popular.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17Are they? And getting harder to find. They're not quite a pair.
0:38:17 > 0:38:22They're a near pair and people always want pairs.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Would 350...? Em, 325?
0:38:25 > 0:38:28325. I could definitely sell them at 325.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32Let's agree on that. Really kind. 325.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36Finally! I'm so delighted. I've actually made a profit.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40Those lovely Ottoman tables. All the way from Paris.
0:38:40 > 0:38:47And after restoration costs, James makes ?24 on the Turkish tables, meaning he's down to his final item.
0:38:47 > 0:38:52Agent Braxton is on a mission. His target: Bill, owner of a vintage clothes shop.
0:38:52 > 0:38:57His weapon: the overcoat that cost him just over ?80. His aim: to make a killing.
0:38:57 > 0:39:04It isn't quite the weather for this. Not really, so you're wearing it for a purpose. Yes, I am, Bill.
0:39:04 > 0:39:10Do you recognise this fellow? Aquascutum, for Old England.
0:39:10 > 0:39:16Incredible shop, right beside the Louvre. It was a flagship for the best of British gentleman's clothing
0:39:16 > 0:39:23in Paris. Yeah, what the French think is the best of British. Aquascutum is a well-known name.
0:39:23 > 0:39:28What would you give me for this? 70 quid? Not in a thousand years.
0:39:28 > 0:39:34I'd buy it for 30, 40 quid. And an extra tenner for Old England. So that's 50 quid.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37And that's really top whack.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Let's shake on it. All right. 50 quid.
0:39:41 > 0:39:47Oh, dear! Bingo's first foray into fashion flops and he's forced to wear a loss of ?31.82.
0:39:47 > 0:39:54At least he's all sold up, whereas his opponent still has his portico clock and candlesticks.
0:39:54 > 0:40:00Having ummed and ahed about buying them, James eventually spent a massive ?454.55,
0:40:00 > 0:40:05so this truly is a make or break deal. He'll have to find someone willing to pay big bucks
0:40:05 > 0:40:11if he's to squeeze out a profit. So is Rob, an Ashbourne-based clockmaker, the man?
0:40:13 > 0:40:20Alabaster and ormolu portico clock. And a pair of white marble and ormolu candlesticks.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24I bought them as one lot together
0:40:24 > 0:40:26and they look well together.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29OK, that's very pretty. Lovely.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Sort of...1840? Something like that. That's what I thought.
0:40:33 > 0:40:38For an alabaster one, it's in pretty good nick. Yeah. Not too bad at all.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41They always have these marks.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45I suppose the obvious question is how much are they?
0:40:45 > 0:40:48How about...550?
0:40:48 > 0:40:52Honestly, I wouldn't want to spend more than ?400 on it. Not being mean.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56How much are the candlesticks? Maybe this might soften the blow.
0:40:56 > 0:41:02I reckon I'd get ?350 for those at auction. They're wonderful quality ormolu.
0:41:02 > 0:41:08How about if we said ?675 for the set?
0:41:08 > 0:41:14Would you make it a nice round seven? Yeah. Deal. Brilliant. Thank you.
0:41:14 > 0:41:21The Lionheart has made a fantastic profit of ?245.45 for the clocks and candlesticks,
0:41:21 > 0:41:26showing that in this game you have to speculate to accumulate.
0:41:26 > 0:41:33Before we find out who is minutes away from victory and who is second, let's see what they spent today.
0:41:33 > 0:41:38Both set off to France with ?750-worth of their own euros in their wallets.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43James Lewis bought six items and spent ?679.09.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47His rival, James "Bingo" Braxton, also made six purchases
0:41:47 > 0:41:53and, after a little restoration, ended up spending a total of ?749.46.
0:41:53 > 0:41:58All the money from today's challenge will go to our dealers' charities,
0:41:58 > 0:42:02so let's find out who is today's champion.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07Hi, how are you? Hi, James. How did you find it?
0:42:07 > 0:42:10Paris, it's quite expensive. Yeah. Just slightly!
0:42:10 > 0:42:17My biggest profit came from the biggest investment, the clock and the candlesticks.
0:42:17 > 0:42:24500 euros I had to spend. My most difficult item, that took the most time, were those tables.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29A bit of restoration. Did you do it? I didn't really cut anything. Lots of cleaning.
0:42:29 > 0:42:35One fellow offered me not the price I wanted. Oh...
0:42:35 > 0:42:38So I had to take them to another fellow and I got the price.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Let's... One, two, three.
0:42:41 > 0:42:46Wey! Well done. A convincing win.
0:42:46 > 0:42:51Thanks. You took that fair and square. Thank you. Oh, blimey.
0:42:51 > 0:42:57So James Lewis wins today, having found a better conversion rate than his rival.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02Paris, it's a tough old market, that Saint Ouen.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06?110. Not the greatest profit. James did very well.
0:43:06 > 0:43:13As all the little sales go along, you don't think they'd add up to such a great total. I'm thrilled.
0:43:13 > 0:43:18But tomorrow James Braxton has one final time to defend his honour and come out on top
0:43:18 > 0:43:24as the two Jameses go head-to-head at the ultimate contest - the showdown.
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