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From priceless eighteenth-century dining tables hidden away in decaying farm sheds to tattooed travellers with a penchant for Wedgewood china- professional auctioneer Philip Serrell has seen it all. In An Auctioneers Lot he brings to life a world in which the most valuable antiques frequently turn up in the most unlikely places - and accompanied by the most unlikely people. For over twenty years he has uncovered a huge range of priceless (and occasionally worthless) antiques- and he has met- done business with and befriended people from some odd corners of English life. Funny- startling and sometimes poignant- these stories of ordinary people with extraordinary possessions are also the perfect inspiration for anyone whos ever wondered whether they might just be sitting on a fortune . . ....