TV auction show comes to Lakes

9:30am Wednesday 2nd April 2008

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IT'S time to clear out the attic - the popular BBC2 antiques programme Flog It! is coming.

The weekday show, which regularly attracts an audience of two million viewers, will feature a sale at Kendal Auction Rooms on April 24 as part of a programme to be shown later in the year.

But first, a valuation day is being held at Lancaster Town Hall on Sunday (April 6), hosted by presenter Paul Martin, during which members of the public can bring along the antiques and collectables they might be interested in selling. Once valued, the owner and team of experts decide whether it should go forward for auction.

If the item is chosen it is sold a few weeks later - often with the owner making a tidy sum.

A spokesman for the programme said: "Everyone who goes along to the valuation day will receive a valuation - even if their antiques are not chosen to go forward for auction.

"Previous programmes have seen a small cream jug sold at auction for £1,300; a ceramic bowl, bought for £4 at a car boot sale, achieving £1,500; and a lady in Aberdeen sold a Shelley tea set for a huge £3,400.

"So if you've ever wondered how much those boot sale bargains or clutter in the loft might be worth, now is your chance to find out."

Flog It! will be at Lancaster Town Hall, Dalton Square, on Sunday, April 6, from 9.30am until 4pm. The auction will take place on Thursday, April 24, at Kendal Auction Rooms, Sandylands Road.

The results will be broadcast as part of the seventh series.