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This documentary series delves deeper into the history of items selling at auction. Artefacts and collectable pieces are valuable because of their unique past, making them desirable to wealthy private collectors, museums and public archives. With some lots fetching bids into the millions, this series explores the story behind these objects of intrigue, tracking down their genealogical ownership. Sellers, buyers and auctioneers reveal connections to the article in question. A variety of items are investigated including baby photos of Queen Elizabeth II, antique eyewear and a WWI tank mask.

2016 · 48m

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Explore the stories behind historical artefacts at auctions, featuring relics of Queen Victoria's clothes and childhood photos of Queen Elizabeth II.

44 min
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

The intriguing stories behind historical being sold at auction, including a Nazi tail fin, the skeleton of a duck-billed dinosaur and Shakespeare's cup.

44 min
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

The amazing backstories of a clock from the battleship Tirpitz and an early vampire novel before they are sold at auction.

44 min
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

The intriguing stories behind dresses once owned by Princess Diana, a collection of antique taxidermy and a book from the 1948 London Olympics that are to be sold at auction.

44 min
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Items from the Titanic disaster and the Great Train Robbery go under the hammer, and Bjork's dresses are also auctioned off.

44 min
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

Discover the incredible stories behind these auction lots, including a rare watch linked to the Great Escape. And hear how a cigarette case is tied to the fall of the Romanovs.

44 min

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Trading History

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This documentary series delves deeper into the history of items selling at auction. Artefacts and collectable pieces are valuable because of their unique past, making them desirable to wealthy private collectors, museums and public archives. With some lots fetching bids into the millions, this series explores the story behind these objects of intrigue, tracking down their genealogical ownership. Sellers, buyers and auctioneers reveal connections to the article in question. A variety of items are investigated including baby photos of Queen Elizabeth II, antique eyewear and a WWI tank mask.

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