The Greatest Auction
Series 1
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Network: Channel 4
Season aired: 2023-05-09
Overview
AJ Odudu hosts as millionaires, collectors and antique dealers bid for some extraordinary items up for sale - from a Banksy to some pickled pig foetuses and Tommy Cooper's hat.
About This Season
AJ Odudu hosts as millionaires, private collectors and antique dealers bid for extraordinary items in a specially created auction house.
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Episodes · 8
Episode 1
How much will the collectors and dealers bid for a Banksy artwork, pickled pig foetuses and Tommy Cooper's fez?
Episode 2
A 1940s fairground attraction, Saddam Hussein's fork and a pinball machine signed by Elton John come to the auction house.
Episode 3
A bidding war breaks out over some vintage Hermes bags. Also under the hammer: a print by street artist Invader and the coolest skateboard going, designed by the late Virgil Abloh.
Episode 4
Under the hammer this time: a slice of royal wedding cake, a skeleton straight out of the wardrobe, a rare London tube map, and some vintage Soho sex-shop neon.
Episode 5
Superfans and collectors bid for Nike trainers and Oasis lyrics hand-written by Noel. A prized work by sculptor Anish Kapoor and some vintage luggage with a history are also going under the hammer.
Episode 6
An art forger's work is up for auction. Plus: Leeds football programme from 1904, a taxidermy unicorn and a set of drums from the 1970s.
Episode 7
A guitar amp used by Jimi Hendrix, a bizarre collection of celebrity hair, a stunning vintage travel trunk, and a chair with ornate pagan carvings all go under the hammer
Episode 8
A piece of Ayrton Senna's race car and a poster from a Sex Pistols tour that never happened are some of the rarities up for grabs this time.
