The Bidding Room

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Sellers come face to face with five dealers who battle it out to make the highest bid.

Nigel Havers presides as sellers come face to face with five dealers who battle it out to make the highest bid.

Nigel Havers presides as members of the public with interesting items to sell come face to face with five dealers who bid against each other to try to bag themselves a bargain.

Before facing the dealers, each seller has their item valued by auctioneer Simon Bower. Simon also gives them top tips on the history and key characteristics of their piece, so that when they enter the bidding room, they have all the information they need to try to haggle the best possible price from the dealers.

All the dealers are spending their own money but have no idea what the sellers have brought in.

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The Bidding Room: Series 1: Episode 7

Episode 7

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Will a model giraffe, a toy car set or a snuff box send the dealers into a bidding frenzy?

Five dealers bid against each other to buy a model giraffe, a snuff box and a set of Matchbox cars.

Nigel Havers welcomes four more sellers to the Bidding Room, where they try to sell items to five professional dealers who are on the look out for interesting pieces, with help from expert Simon Bower. 

Alan from Hertfordshire is selling a collection of Matchbox toy cars that his mother has put together as an investment. He has 30 in all – all of them in their original boxes and including a model Rolls-Royce. He is so determined to sell that he has brought his mother, who is 90, in to help out, and she soon has the dealers in stitches. Ainsley from West Yorkshire brings in a collection of silver-plated goblets, cups and a tray. Bobbi collects brooches, and one of her purchases came with a snuff box and compass thrown in for free. She has kept the brooches but is selling the snuff box and compass. Simon reckons the snuff box dates from the turn of the 19th century and that the compass – which is known as a sundial compass – is late Victorian. Finally, Angie is offering a galloping giraffe - or at least a model of one, from a carousel. 

The dealers today are Adi Higham, James Gooch, James Broad, Lucy Ryder Richardson and Tash Francis.

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