Tim Weeks was urged to explain why items including a £2,000 Third Reich banner, a £300 swastika and a collection of badges were due to be sold at his Wessex Auction Rooms this Friday.
Izzie Balmer on this week s Antiques Road Trip I do sometimes get older men presuming that I don’t know anything. It’s just a matter of overcoming their pre-conceived ideas, winning them round and gaining their confidence, she told the publication.
After studying geography at degree level, Izzie went on to discover her love for dealing antiques after landing a role at a vintage shop, before going on to complete placements at auction houses. Izzie told the Source Vintage blog: As each day passed I realised there was much more to antiques than the dusty old boring items I had originally thought them to be. Each item means something to someone and holds its own story.
Antiques Road Trip s Izzie Balmer reveals most expensive sale – and it is seriously impressive Hello! 17/12/2020
Izzie Balmer has been the face of
Antiques Road Trip this week along with Catherine Southon as they explore many gorgeous items on their journey.
While Izzie may have only joined the BBC programme last year, it seems she s certainly no less experienced and recently revealed her biggest sale in her career – and it is impressive!
Loading the player. These would usually fetch between £3,000 to £7,000,
but this one sold for £22,000.
The valuer, from Derbyshire, has picked up many tricks of the trade since joining the antiques industry soon after she graduated from university. In the same interview, Izzie explained how, despite her knowledge, she often gets overlooked by others in her line of work.
Izzie joined the BBC show last year December 16, 2020 - 16:00 GMT Francesca Shillcock Antiques Road Trip: Izzie Balmer reveals how Charles Hanson helped TV career
Izzie Balmeris appearing on recent episodes of
Antiques Road Trip, joining the team of other favourites including
Christina Trevanion and
Charles Hanson. And it seems that Charles, who is Izzie s former employer, played a part in kick-starting her TV career.
After Charles was suddenly unavailable to film on BBC show
Bargain Hunt, he passed the gig on to Izzie at the last minute. Speaking to Derbyshire Life in 2017, Izzie explained: Charles Hanson s misfortune turned into a stroke of luck for me.
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Izzie Balmer is one of the lastest additions to
Antiques Road Trip having joined the show in 2019. She features on the series alongside fellow experts Philip Surrell and Charles Hanson and has also appeared on antiques challenge series Bargain Hunt. But how old is Izzie?