Former Bargain Hunt presenter Tim Wonnacott, 67 and his wife Helen are selling the two properties that sit on their 10-acre stretch of land in Horsham, West Sussex. O n every shelf and mantelpiece in Tim Wonnacott’s home, there is an interesting piece of pottery or an ornament; paintings fill the walls. ‘The farmhouse was a tumbled-down wreck of a house but it was great. Antiques expert Tim Wonnacott had a smashing time on his latest roadshow..
Bargain Hunt star Tim Wonnacott sold his personal collection of artwork, furniture and valuable knick-knacks for £120,000. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes.
Everything in the sale has a story, an appeal, a merit.A high value set of four waterbird paintings by artist Henry Stacy Marks sold for £19,700'In an ideal world you would never let go of anything but we are moving house and it is time for a sort out.' It was small and didn’t have enough land but we managed to get ten acres in the end and bought another cottage, Blackfoots, then extended Whitefoots to double the size.‘If you want a very comfortable, bang up-to-date and ready to go house, this is it. An auctioneer and the television presenter and host, known for his appearances on shows like "Bargain Hunt and Antiques Raodtrip (Antiques Roadshow0", Born in Devon, Tim’s father, Major Raymond Wonnacott, was a well-known auctioneer, and Tim’s ambition was to follow in his footsteps. An Edwardian silver and nephrite novelty trinket box sold for £850 under the hammerThis intricate 18th century silver guilt tobacco box from Wonnacott's collection, sold for £1,400A Rheinish carving showing Herod and Salome sold for £8,100 - one of the larger sums seenA set of William IV silver dinner plates sold for £8,400 at auction as Wonnacott sold off his collectionWonnacott said: 'Collecting is an infectious drug, one that stays with you all your life. The collection is so vast that there will be several more sales of his possessions over the next six months.
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More than 250 of the antique expert's own treasures were auctioned off at Sworders, of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, this week. Some have French doors out onto a garden balcony and all are accompanied by their own bathroom Tim Wonnacott and his wife Helen (pictured at an award ceremony this month in London) are selling their home There is also a third Greyfoots outbuilding that boasts office space, greenhouses and garage facilities and a full-size lawn tennis court on top of the 10 acres of sprawling green space. A former chairman of Sotheby's auction house, he has been the narrator for Antiques Road Trip since 2010.Guy Schooling, chairman of Sworders, said: 'It was an enormous pleasure to offer pieces from Tim's esoteric collection, very much a reflection of the man himself. Mr Wonnacott said: ‘We moved to Sussex 25 years ago and lived in a wonderful house on the Lock Estate. Meet Tim Wonnacott from ‘Bargain Hunt’ and ‘Antiques Roadshow’ fame. ‘When we learnt there was this little cottage coming up for sale we jumped on it.