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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 13

Episode 13

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The dealers bid on a retro Olivetti typewriter and a prop from a Terry Pratchett film.

The dealers bid on a collection of printing plates, a retro Olivetti typewriter, a toy steam engine and a prop from a Terry Pratchett film.

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.

Lexi from Hereford is selling a miniature miracle of engineering, a toy steam engine. Will the train ignite the interest of dealer Adi, who trades in toys? Also facing the dealers is Yvonne from Swanwick, who is offering a cherished, but now unused, gift from her grandfather, a retro Olivetti typewriter. Mary from Scotland presents the dealers with a case full of curiosities that turn out to be copper printing plates, and Chris has brought in a prop from the 2008 TV adaptation of Terry Pratchett's novel The Colour of Magic.

The dealers today are Jane Cave, Tash Francis, Adi Higham, James Gooch and Ian Humphries.

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