Auction

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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

Documentary series venturing into the great auction houses of the world, starting at Sotheby's where paintings from the age of Queen Victoria are going under the hammer. (S8, ep 1)

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Episode 2Auction

A sculpture by Henry Moore comes to auction at Christie's, while at Sotheby's, the work of the late Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden go under the hammer. (S8, ep 2)

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Episode 3Auction

A rare portrait of two young brothers by Titian is the highlight of an Old Masters sale at Sotheby's. Meanwhile at Christie's, some Cartier jewellery is being auctioned. (S8, ep 3)

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Episode 4Auction

A sketch by John Constable is expected to fetch £300,000 at Bonhams, while Sotheby's is selling the art collection of music legend David Bowie. (S8, ep 4)

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Episode 5Auction

Bonhams is auctioning 10 cars that tell the story of early British motoring, including an 1897 Daimler, which could fetch up to £250,000. (S8, ep 5)

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Episode 6Auction

Christie's is selling a masterpiece by Jacob Jordaens, which may fetch a million pounds. At Bonhams, Margot Fonteyn's ballet shoes and a Jimi Hendrix guitar go up for sale. (S8, ep 6)

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Episode 7Auction

Timepieces made by legendary clockmaker Thomas Tompion come to auction at Sotheby's, while at Bonhams, a 1920s Rolls Royce is expected to fetch one million pounds. (S8, ep 7)

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Episode 8Auction

A collection of 19th-century art goes on sale at Bonhams, while Sotheby's prepares to sell a unique musket made for the Chinese Emperor. (S8, ep 8)

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Episode 9Auction

Artworks by Gustav Klimt, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Camille Pissarro are expected to fetch tens of millions of pounds at Sotheby's. (S8, ep 9)

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Episode 10Auction

Artworks by Boudin, Matisse, Dali and and Monet go on offer at Christie's, as does Paul Gauguin's Te Fare, which is expected to fetch up to £18million. (S8, ep 10)

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Episode 12Basquiat Special

There's a bidding frenzy in New York as the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat goes up for auction, with his painting 'Untitled' set to break records. (S8, ep 12)

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