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TV programmes about the art and antiques trade have greatly expanded in number since the 1990s. From Bargain Hunt and Flog It! to Fake or Fortune? and the long-running BBC series Antiques Roadshow, love them or loath them, their popularity is enduring.

And don’t forget the nation’s favourite dealer: Lovejoy.


Fake or Fortune? presenters

Canadian painter’s harvest scene valued at £300,000 on Fake or Fortune?

10 October 2024

A painting acquired at a regional auction has been identified as a rediscovered work by the Canadian painter Helen McNicoll (1879–1915) and valued at £300,000 on the TV show ‘Fake or Fortune?’

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Vendor left ‘speechless’ after ‘Ben Nicholson’ mural withdrawn from Lay’s auction

03 June 2024

A row over the attribution of a ‘Ben Nicholson’ mural painting that appeared on the BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?' led to the work being withdrawn at the last minute from an auction in Penzance.

Burges brooch

Third Antiques Roadshow-discovered Burges brooch sells at auction

22 March 2024

A brooch by the great Victorian designer and architect William Burges, found with the help of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, has sold for £9500 at Leicestershire auction house Gildings.

Nicholson mural

Wall mural from a Surrey cottage featured on BBC’s Fake or Fortune? comes to auction in Cornwall

06 March 2024

A mural painted on a wall inside a Surrey cottage which starred in an episode of BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?' is to be offered with a £40,000-80,000 estimate.

Drew Pritchard

Salvage Hunters' TV star Drew Pritchard is selling his personal collection at auction

17 January 2024

TV presenter and antiques dealer Drew Pritchard is to sell items from his personal collection at Dreweatts in March.

William Burges brooch

Third Burges brooch emerges at auction following Antiques Roadshow appearance

08 January 2024

The new discovery, unveiled on the BBC show Antiques Roadshow on Christmas Eve, comes for sale in Market Harborough on March 5.

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‘Giant among ceramicists’: tributes paid to specialist and TV stalwart Henry Sandon

08 January 2024

Tributes have poured in for the late ceramics specialist and Antiques Roadshow expert Henry Sandon who died aged 95 at the end of last year.

Henry Sandon

Ceramics expert and the Antiques Roadshow’s ‘favourite uncle’ Henry Sandon dies

28 December 2023

Ceramics specialist and Antiques Roadshow expert Henry Sandon has died aged 95.

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5 Questions: Roo Irvine of Kilcreggan Antiques

11 December 2023

Roo Irvine of Kilcreggan Antiques specialises in jewellery, silver and decorative items with a particular bent for Georgian glass, art glass and mourning jewellery. She appears on BBC’s Antiques Road Trip and Bargain Hunt.

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Dealer makes the headlines to promote the Classic fair

27 November 2023

One of the dealers taking part in the inaugural Classic Antique Fairs staging at Birmingham’s NEC has gone on television to promote the show.

Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould

BBC’s Fake or Fortune? expands into memorabilia

01 November 2023

The BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?' is known for discovering artworks – from paintings to sculpture. But for its next series it is expanding into memorabilia.

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Top stories this week including Fake or Fortune’s car boot find

01 October 2023

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of an Elisabeth Frink sculpture found at a car boot sale being investigated by the ‘Fake or Fortune?’ team.

Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce

BBC show Fake or Fortune? proves Elisabeth Frink sculpture found at a car boot sale is the real deal

27 September 2023

With the help from the team of BBC show Fake or Fortune?, a lump of metal found at a car boot sale has been proved to be by sculptor Dame Elisabeth Frink valued at around £60,000.

Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce

Fake or Fortune? returns with Elisabeth Frink mystery

12 September 2023

The BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?' TV show returns this month for its 11th series.

Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce

Fake or Fortune to return to TV screens this autumn

05 July 2023

The BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?' TV show will return for its 11th series this autumn.

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5 Questions with dealer and TV personality David Harper

03 July 2023

David Harper trades in a range of fields and is known for appearances on programmes such as Antiques Road Trip and Bargain Hunt

Cantonese porcelain vases

Huge ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Cantonese Chinese vases sell at auction in Birmingham

04 March 2023

A pair of mid-19th century Cantonese porcelain vases that featured on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, not once but twice, were auctioned at Fellows.

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Top stories this week including news of an auction of Lovejoy items tempting TV show fans

26 February 2023

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a group of Lovejoy-related items coming for sale at Suffolk saleroom Mander Auctioneers.

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Trevanion and Kirk present a new kind of TV travel show

31 October 2022

Restoration expert Will Kirk, who appears on Bafta-nominated TV show The Repair Shop, has teamed up with auctioneer Christina Trevanion to present a new BBC daytime antiques series that launched this week.

David Harper and David Elstob

County Durham dealer and North Yorkshire auction house team up for online quiz show

08 September 2022

Barnard Castle antiques dealer David Harper and Ripon auction house Elstob & Elstob are calling on dealers, collectors and antique enthusiasts to join them as contestants for a new quiz.

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