Secret Dealers

New series. People open their homes to three competing antiques dealers and let them bid for anything they want to buy. In the first edition, a couple have to make a tough decision about a precious family heirloom, while another are faced with a dilemma when dealers Karen Dalmeny, Simon Schneider and David Ford bid on a prize collection of silver flasks.

Antiques owners in Shropshire invite Karen Dalmeny, James Layte and Stuart Hofgartner into their homes to bid for their favourite objects. Among today's items are some treasured Doulton jugs and a large collection of cricket memorabilia.

A mother and daughter in Northamptonshire are tempted by an impressive offer for 19th-century glassware that has been in the family for generations. In Derbyshire, dealers Simon Schneider, David Hakeney and David Tupman place bids on a collection of exotic furniture, including a sewing table. 

A brother and sister from Birmingham face a tough decision over whether to sell a Victorian cabinet carved by their great-grandfather. In Worcester, a couple mull over offers from dealers David Ford, Alison Chapman and Brenda Haller for their 19th-century ivory collection.

A widow considers a cash offer for a watch given to her by her late husband, and dealers Mike Melody, Simon Schneider and Tim Hogarth try to tempt a man to part with his silver pot pourri bowl.

A West Sussex couple consider a cash offer for a collection of birdcages that the husband would gladly get rid of, and Alison Chapman, David Ford and James Layte tempt a man to part with his rare car mascot. 

An unusual hand-drawn book starts a bidding war between dealers David Tupman, Stewart Hofgartner and Brenda Haller at a couple's home in Worcestershire. Meanwhile, in Shropshire, a woman faces a tough decision over whether to sell her prized collection of stuffed birds to raise money for a new roof.

A widow considers a cash offer for her late husband's collection of model soldiers, and antiques dealers David Hakeney, Mike Melody and Karen Dalmeny try to tempt a woman to part with her jewellery.

A Derbyshire couple consider a cash offer for a tortoiseshell snuff box from antiques experts Stewart Hofgartner, Tim Hogarth and Karen Dalmeny, and one of the dealers puts a bid in for a Solihull family's front door.

The dealers attempt to outdue each other's bids so they can walk away with a silver trolley cart that a retired chef in Herefordshire has been clinging on to for years. Also, a woman attempts to sell inherited collectibles so she can afford to restore her favorite painting.