Auction

20105 seriesEntertainment / Factual
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This isn't an average online auction - the items featured in the auctions on this programme are a little more valuable than most of what is found online. `Auction' features art masterpieces and other luxury items that are sold to the highest bidder at some of the world's most prestigious auction houses. Featured items include antique cars, sculptures, rare musical instruments, jewellery and artefacts from historic events. Bidders interested in the auction lots better place their bids before the items are `going... going... gone'.

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Episode 1Auction

Step inside the great auction houses of the world and discover the bidding frenzies within. In this opening episode, Sotheby's sells The Lock by John Constable. (S7, ep 1)

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Episode 2Auction

The work of designers such as Finn Juhl, Shiro Kuramata and Arne Jacobsen comes to the salerooms of London in a week dedicated to design classics. (S7, ep 2)

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Episode 3Auction

The blouse Judy Garland wore in the film The Wizard of Oz goes up for sale in London, as do Warwick Castle's ornate Grimani Tables - valued at half a million pounds each. (S7, ep 3)

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Episode 4Auction

Items from the collection of the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire come under the hammer at Sotheby's in London. Elsewhere, prints and multiples are offered at Christie's. (S7, ep 4)

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Episode 5Auction

In Burgundy, France, the Hospice de Beaune wine auction takes place - the most famous charity wine sale in the world, dating back to 1795. (S7, ep 5)

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Episode 6Auction

In Staffordshire, Bonhams is selling eight rare Brough motorbikes - made famous by Lawrence of Arabia. Meanwhile in London, Christie's is selling Old Masters. (S7, ep 6)

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Episode 7Auction

A book published by Ernest Shackleton's team goes under the hammer at Sotheby's. Meanwhile, Christie's is expecting over £400,000 for a photograph by Peter Beard. (S7, ep 7)

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Episode 8Auction

A much sought-after timepiece by the renowned 17th-century London clock-maker Thomas Tompion goes under the hammer at Christie's. (S7, ep 8)

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Episode 9Auction

Photographs that define our age come under the hammer at Sotheby's, including a work by Irving Penn that may fetch nearly a quarter of a million pounds. (S7, ep 9)

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Episode 10Auction

At the Monaco Grand Prix Historique, a Jaguar C-Type once driven at Le Mans and a 1968 Ferrari valued at 23million euros go up for auction. Last in series. (S7, ep 10)

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Episode 11David Bowie Collector

This special episode heads to Sotheby's where the late David Bowie's art collection, which includes works by Damien Hirst and Jean-Michel Basquiat, goes under the hammer. (S7, ep 11)

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