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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 8

Episode 8

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The dealers bid on some pottery saved from the tip, two unusual fire screens and a mirror.

Five dealers compete to buy today’s items: some pottery saved from the tip, two unusual fire screens, a mirror and an industrial fire extinguisher.

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. 

Ollie from Wakefield brings in an old-fashioned industrial fire extinguisher owned by his grandfather. Whatever money he makes, he and his grandad will donate it to charity. The dealers can all see the potential for it to be converted into a lamp, table or other household item. With a real market for repurposed industrial pieces, can Alan cash in and make money for his grandad’s chosen charity? 

Graham is selling a piece of pottery he saved from the tip after a house clearance. He reckons it’s a piece produced by the Cornish pottery workshop Troika, and Simon confirms he’s right and that it’s a rare piece that could attract a good price. Gareth arrives with a mirror he inherited after buying a house. It is brown and heavily varnished, so might not be to all the dealers’ tastes. Peter brings in two handheld face screens - probably Victorian - that he acquired in a job lot of items at an auction. 

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

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