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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Nigel Havers

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Claire Egerton-Jones

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The Bidding Room: Series 1: Episode 5

Episode 5

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Items for sale include a Chinese inkwell, a pedal car and a Victorian watchman’s clock.

The dealers bid against each other to secure a vintage fairground game, a Chinese inkwell, a toy pedal car and a Victorian watchman’s clock.

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

First through the doors of the wondrous Bidding Room mill set deep in the Yorkshire countryside are father and daughter Ivan and Hayleigh who are hoping to hit the jackpot with a vintage fairground game. Henrie hopes to sell a silver and mahogany Chinese inkwell from the early nineteenth century. Also hoping for a good deal is Leon, whose 1950s vintage pedal car is sure to catch the eye of retro toy enthusiast and dealer Adi. And Molly from Manchester is selling the Victorian answer to a clocking in and out machine - a watchman’s clock, complete with the original leather case.

Today's dealers are Jane Cave, Tash Francis, Adi Higham, James Gooch and Ian Humphries.

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