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Tucked away in the early afternoon I stumbled across this programme.
It has Kate Bliss from Bargain Hunt presenting.
The idea is that three antique dealers are let loose for one hour in a participating person's house to bid on the owner's collections and antiques around the home.
The highest bidder of the dealers on an each item wins provided the owner wants to sell at the price bid.
I quite enjoyed the programme and seeing what collections people had because I am nosey.
But what staggered me is just how low the cheeky dealers were hoping to pay.
As a collector of model toy soldiers I was shocked when one dealer put in a bid for only £100 pounds for a cabinet full of about 100 WB soldiers.
My point is that the dealers must roughly know the true value of the item. A few quid under the independant valuers is fair enough but some of the offers were ridiculously low.
Thank goodness there is an independant valuer who Kate Bliss can refer to before the owner sells the item.
It has Kate Bliss from Bargain Hunt presenting.
The idea is that three antique dealers are let loose for one hour in a participating person's house to bid on the owner's collections and antiques around the home.
The highest bidder of the dealers on an each item wins provided the owner wants to sell at the price bid.
I quite enjoyed the programme and seeing what collections people had because I am nosey.
But what staggered me is just how low the cheeky dealers were hoping to pay.
As a collector of model toy soldiers I was shocked when one dealer put in a bid for only £100 pounds for a cabinet full of about 100 WB soldiers.
My point is that the dealers must roughly know the true value of the item. A few quid under the independant valuers is fair enough but some of the offers were ridiculously low.
Thank goodness there is an independant valuer who Kate Bliss can refer to before the owner sells the item.
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BTW the programme is dreadful.
It does seem to be just another version of Dickinsons Real Deal with a Bargain Hunt expert, Kate, presenting, and DRD experts bidding.
All this nonsense is spread out over a whole hour because they go on to visit a second location with a second set of antique owners. At the very end we find out how much money the dealers made (or lost) on some of the items shown.
The competition between the dealers is contrived, the banter between them is forced but the open bidding between them has none of the tension of a real auction. So the programme fails on all counts. It makes Dickinson's Real Deal seem like an entertainment masterclass.