Popular BBC2 antiques programme Flog It! presented by Paul Martin, is coming to Ashridge House on this month.
The programme regularly attracts an audience of two million viewers each weekday and a valuation day is taking place on Friday, August 31.
The public are invited to bring along up to three antiques and collectables they might be interested in selling. Once valued, the owner and a team of experts decide whether an item 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. Everyone who goes along to the Valuation Day will receive a free 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! More recently the show surprised a man who brought in a ceremonial cup; it later sold for £44,000!
Heidi Ellert, series producer said: “Paul Martin and the entire Flog It! team are really looking forward to bringing the show to Hertfordshire. Ashridge House and the beautiful grounds are a stunning location. Ashridge will provide the perfect setting for our valuation day event. We all hope you will join us for a free valuation, if you’ve ever wondered how much your boot sale bargains or clutter in the loft might be worth, now is your chance to find out.”
Anna Brown, hospitality director at Ashridge House, added: “Ashridge has a magical and colourful past that dates back over 700 years. Ashridge House, as it stands today, is a grade I listed 19th century neo-gothic mansion set within one of England’s most beautiful and historically significant gardens. We have a duty to preserve our spectacular house and garden for the nations benefit, and look forward to providing an inspiring backdrop for Flog It! fans as Paul Martin and the team unearth treasures on the Valuation Day.”
Flog It! will be at Ashridge from 9.30am until 4pm. The items selected at the valuation day will be sold at Tring Market Auctions, Brook Street, Tring, on September 28.