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Nigel Havers welcomes five more sellers to the Bidding Room, where they try to sell items to professional dealers who are on the lookout for interesting pieces, with help from expert Simon Bower.

First through the doors is Rosie, who鈥檚 been to the room before, with a needlepoint workbook. This time, she has returned with a homemade patchwork bedspread that has been in her family for a century and hidden in a loft. Will the dealers fall for the family history and hours of work that have gone into the piece?

Next in is demolition man Phillip, with a mid-century hand dryer he rescued from a factory he was demolishing 14 years ago. The foot-operated industrial piece is still in working order, if you dare to disturb the dust within, and may have been made between the 1930s and 1950s. It's a heavy-duty, one-off piece, but will it blow the dealers away?

Our third guest is Andra, with an ornate vase that鈥檚 right up Nigel鈥檚 street. Nigel鈥檚 always keen to convert objects into lighting, and this 19th-century Chinese vase has already been transformed into a lamp stand. But it鈥檚 not Nigel she has to impress, so can Andra switch it up and get a top bid from the dealers?

Next to arrive is Veronica, with a rare lens that revolutionised photography in the 1800s. Inherited from an uncle and hidden in a drawer, the lacquered-brass portrait lens made by Houghton is a decorative piece in its own right, but will any of the dealers take a shot and see the value of it to a collector?

Last into Edinburgh HQ is Stephan, with a pair of chapel chairs which came from the royal chapel at the Tower of London. The chairs date back to just the 1970s, but as they are complete with a certificate of provenance, will our dealers see the additional value in these simple but historic pieces, or will they sit this one out?

The dealers today are Jon, Melissa, Adi, Jacqui and JB