Auction House features a mix of colourful characters,
antique roadshows and behind-the-scenes stories about art,
artefacts and antiques going under the hammer.
The eccentric Dunbar Senior and his son, Dunbar Junior are
the third and fourth generation of auction dynasty Dunbar
Sloane.
Auction House follows Senior and Junior through a range of
auctions at their new premises in Auckland - an ideal venue
for selling everything from a classic Porsche to Maori artefacts,
colonial furniture and New Zealand art, including yet another of
the infamous Helen Clark 'doodles'.
The show follows the adventures of Dunbar Sloane's Wellington
branch, with art expert Helena Walker as she auctions a rare
collection of fine art which belonged to playwright Bruce Mason and
his wife, obstetrician Diana Mason.
The Auction House team tag along with auctioneer Anthony Gallagher
as he sells a remarkable collection of 1940s and 1950s jukeboxes at
a rock'n'roll museum on the Kapiti Coast.
Auction House also joins roving experts Peter Wedde and Hamish
Walsh, as they host antique roadshows and value private
collections. The duo unearth hidden treasures from as far away as
Oamaru and Ashburton in the south, to Makarau and Matakohe in the
north.
Jennifer Aniston, Shriley MacLaine:
