expert Tim Weeks may be a renowned antiques expert, but even he has made some staggering losses at auction during his time on auction show.
The TV star joined the programme back in 2003 and has since become a part of the furniture, regularly bringing joy to viewers and contestants alike as they hunt for hidden treasures each weekday afternoon.
Sharing his love for the role, he gushed: “My favourite part of being a Bargain Hunt expert is just being a part of the amazing BH team. It is a dream come true!
“Sometimes, I look at the contestants standing next to me in the blue or red fleeces, and I just want to run around kissing everyone and shouting, ‘I’m on Bargain Hunt!’
“As for the day job, I absolutely love everything about being an auctioneer – from valuation and researching to cataloguing and auctioneering, I genuinely love it. I’m fortunate enough to work around great people where we work very hard, but also have a lot of fun.”
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Bargain Hunt star Tim Weeks has opened up about his biggest loss (Image: BBC)
However, the show isn’t always quite as fantastic as it seems on screen, with Tim sharing the biggest loss one of his items made at auction.
He confessed: “My biggest loss was when I ‘blind’ purchased a collection of rock and film star autographs for £220. When they arrived, they were all facsimile and worth about a tenner! Wow, it still hurts”.
But sometimes an item can make a surprising profit, and sharing the greatest profit he made on the show, Tim revealed how he turned a £40 scrapbook into a £1,000 profit.
The TV presenter went on: “I once found an old scrapbook containing 1940s football newspaper cuttings at a car boot sale. I asked how much it was and was told £40.
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The auctioneer shared his love for the BBC afternoon show (Image: BBC)
“It felt a little steep for a dirty old scrapbook until I flicked to the back pages, which had 21 wartime single sheet football programmes neatly stuck onto them, and I quickly realised it was a bargain.
“It also had match tickets, bubble gum cards and autographs. I sold it for over £1,000 after I performed the painstaking task of steaming each item out of the book”.
Despite his love for the show, the expert revealed that he tries not to bring home any antiques home anymore. Tim explained: “I try not to [collect anything] anymore!
“I used to collect loads… football programmes, toys, vinyl, ceramics, but I tend to spend my money on the kids instead of me these days.” Away from the cameras, Weeks is also the director of Wessex Auction Rooms, which boasts a particular focus on Toy Collector’s Auctions.
It’s fair to say his path to television stardom was a unique one. While co-hosting ’s Street Auction, he caught the attention of Bargain Hunt’s higher ups, leading to an invitation for a screen test, an opportunity that say him fit perfectly into the role.
When the cameras are off, the TV presenter shares a bit about his personal joys including “coffee, chocolate, and singing in my car”.
Discussing his leisure time, he admitted it often involves “having fun and lots of madness with my wife Alexa and two children Albie and Bella. They all boss me around!”