Auction - Episode Guide

A 1933 vintage car and Turner's Modern Rome come under the hammer.

The sculptures of Modigliani set a new record in Paris, the Spencers auction off the contents of their aristocratic attic, and art from the golden age of travel comes under the hammer.

Found in a bin bag, Princess Diana's black Emmanuel gown goes on sale. Plus late dealer Ambroise Vollard's collection finally comes up for auction, and includes Renoir's self-portrait.

A bicycle designed by a French Resistance hero fetches a record price. And the contents of an Irish nobleman's castle and furniture designed by Maria Pergay also come under the hammer.

A Picasso and a Monet come up for auction amid a shaky London art market. A pristine pre-war Bentley, a painting by Winston Churchill and a little-known work by Lowry also go on sale.

All eyes are on the yellow Rolls Royce driven by Robert Redford in The Great Gatsby at a Connecticut auction. Grace Kelly's handbag and group of Venetian paintings also go on sale.

One of Winston Churchill's cigars comes up for auction in a sale of memorabilia celebrating the wartime leader, along with exquisite jewel boxes from Russia and a miniature fairground.

A remarkable pre-war collection of Hornby trains is up for grabs in Shrewsbury. In London, there's a sale of Old Masters and in New York, buyers bid on an odd collection of furniture.

The Duke of Devonshire has a clear out and items from the attic at Chatsworth House go on sale. Plus, a Star Wars Darth Vader costume comes up for grabs in an auction of film memorabilia.

Record-breaking bids are made as the work of the 19th century naturalist John James Audubon goes under the hammer. Meanwhile, the Duchess of Windsor's jewels come up for sale.

Series exploring some of the most intriguing and pricey pieces to pass through the world's greatest auction houses. A snuff box made from timber from the HMS Victory is sold in London.

Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann's chaise longue 'on skis' attracts big bidders in Paris while, in London, a Warhol portrait of Debbie Harry and an intriguing sketch of the Queen go on sale.

An Edinburgh auction house tries to sell a Mackintosh table that's been stuck in a garden for 20 years. In New York, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Anthony and Cleopatra goes on sale.

A Wiltshire auction house packs out for a jade teapot made during the Qianlong dynasty that's expected to fetch £300,000. Meanwhile, an unusual Edward Seago is offered in London.

Al Capone's revolver comes up for grabs in London. Meanwhile, the world's biggest jewellery box goes on sale. Made for the Exposition Universelle, it could fetch half a million pounds.

A once-in-a-lifetime work goes on sale - a sketch by Michelangelo of a painting that never was. And an auction of pieces from the great houses of Europe offers a million-pound chandelier.

Promoted as the greatest collection of 20th-century British art ever to come to the market, over 100 paintings and sculptures assembled by Wilfrid Evill goes on sale in London.

A painting from Monet's popular series goes on sale in New York. In London, a sculpture of Berenice carved by Ambrogio Borghi from a single block of marble could fetch up to £400,000.

In London, author and amateur auctioneer Jeffrey Archer sells the watch used to clock Roger Bannister's four-minute mile and 'Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher's famous black Asprey bag.

A London auction asks for £20million for George Stubbs' Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath and an emerald and diamond tiara goes on sale in Geneva with a staggering estimate of $10million.

As leading auction houses open their doors, more than 100 pianos go on sale at Conway Hall and Sotheby's offers a Francesco Guardi view of Venice - worth around £20million.

Bonham's gets set to sell a very special Jaguar E-Type at the Goodwood Revival Festival. Plus, a vibrant, valuable and rarely-seen Picasso comes up for grabs in London

A hundred years after the sinking of the Titanic, a crew member's suitcase appears at auction. At Christie's, a larger-than-life baby sculpture by Ron Mueck causes a furore.

Memorabilia from the Space Race of the 1960s is being auctioned in New York, while over in London, author Jeffrey Archer is clearing out his art collection.

A self-portrait by Warhol causes a stir when it goes on sale in London. Two Jeff Koons Winter Bears and a once-controversial painting by Poynter also come up for grabs.

A magnificent collection of paintings by Lowry is up for sale in London, along with a rare Enigma machine and a biscuit from Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic expedition.

In London, Christie's auctions photos of Marilyn Monroe and a painting of Derby Day by William Powell Frith that had been hanging in an unlocked beach hut for 50 years.

A one-million-pound note printed after World War II comes up for grabs, along with a familiar sculpture of Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt sitting on a bench.

Elizabeth Taylor's fabulous jewels go on sale at Sotheby's. Expected to fetch up to £30million, the collection includes the Krupp diamond given to her by Richard Burton.

In Paris, art owned by collector Darthea Speyer goes on sale. Plus, celebrity watches go under the hammer in New York, including a piece Howard Hughes once gave as a gift.

Venture inside the world's finest auction houses as some of the most exciting art and antiques come under the hammer, including a Picasso, a Monet and a 1938 Jaguar SS10.

A portrait by Modigliani and a chess board taken to the scaffold by King Charles I of England both come under the hammer in some of the world's most exciting auction houses.

EH Shepard's first depiction of Winnie-The-Pooh with Christopher Robin goes on sale. Blueprints for The Beetle and works by Van Dyck and Joseph Wright also go up for grabs.

Works by Belgian artist Rene Magritte go to the highest bidder in a surrealist art sale in London. Meanwhile, a one-million-dollar desk goes under the hammer in Manhattan.

Works by Winston Churchill and LS Lowry go under the hammer in a modern British art sale in London. Petrol-heads gather in Goodwood for a prestigious auction of 1960s cars.

A desk made by famous furniture-maker John Townsend goes under the hammer in New York. Plus, two illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages go up for auction in London.

Raphael's Head of a Young Apostle breaks records at an auction at Sotheby's. A desk believed to have been made for Madame de Pompadour also goes under the hammer in London.

A first edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit stands to fetch £20,000 in London. Plus, silverware made for the marriage of Titanic victim John Jacob Astor goes on sale.

A still life painted on the back of one of Francis Bacon's discarded works goes on sale in the UK, along with rare travel books and Winston Churchill memorabilia.

A collection of Picasso ceramics goes up for grabs at London's Sothebys. Plus, needlework telling the story of the US goes on sale in an 'Americana' auction in New York.

A look at some of the most valuable and iconic pieces to recently be sold at the world's greatest auction houses. A painting by Francesco Guardi goes under the hammer.

A painting from Monet's watercolour series fetches an impressive price at Sotheby's. Elsewhere in London, rare pieces by French glassmaker Rene Lalique come onto the market.

A French Second Empire mirror is the star of a London sale. Photographs by the late Elsbeth Juda go up for grabs. Plus, will anyone pay over £100,000 for a traction engine?

George Stubbs's Tygers at Play fetches big money at a sale of Old Masters in London. Plus, early 20th-century design draws bidders to a prestigious Parisien auction house.

There's drama at Christie's when a mystery buyer splashes out on an abstract work from 1920. Plus, a souvenir from the building of the Royal Yacht Britannia goes on sale.

The Duke of Northumberland's finest furniture and art by the French Impressionists go on sale in London. One of Andy Warhol's last works comes up for grabs in Stockholm.

Works by Japanese artist Shiro Kuramata come up for grabs at Christie's while Sotheby's welcomes classic photographs of post-war London. Vintage tractors also go on sale.

A sale of British and Irish art draws bidders to London. Plus, a collection of Lord Raglan's sought-after momentos from the Peninsular War also go under the hammer.

Buyers queue in Paris to get their hands on some 20th-century design. Bidders also flock to a rare antiquities auction in London and an Aston Martin DB5 goes up for sale.

Swedish art sells for record prices in Stockholm. A sale of works by Kees van Dongen shows Normandy's resorts 100 years ago and buyers flock to Sussex for oriental art.

The documentary series returns and heads to Sotheby's, where JMW Turner's Rome, From Mount Aventine is expected to sell for upwards of £20million.

In Geneva, Christie's is auctioning the precious gems of Princess Eugenie. Meanwhile, in London, Sotheby's has a rare miniature portrait of the composer Mozart.

In Geneva, Sotheby's is selling the 1925 Henry Graves Supercomplication - the world's most complicated handmade watch - and it is expected to fetch over £10million.

Mary Soames was Winston Churchill's last surviving daughter and following her death in May 2014, the remarkable contents of her home have come to auction in London

The original images of The Beatles crossing Abbey Road go up for auction at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury. Meanwhile, Old Master sculptures go under the hammer at Sotheby's.

Ascot welcomes a number of classic cars put up for sale by Coys. Meanwhile, in London, a Henry Moore artwork from the collection of Lauren Bacall is up for auction.

A huge four-poster bed is up for sale at Sotherby's, while at Bonhams, buyers are invited to bid for a selection of beautifully decorated musical boxes.

Edouard Manet's last major work, Un Bar aux Folies-Bergere, is up for auction at Sotherby's and is expected to fetch £15-20million.

Claude Monet's work is up for auction in London, where his Iris Mauves could fetch more than £10million. The sale also features works by van Gogh, Degas and Gauguin.

A 1954 Chevrolet Corvette goes up for sale at Ascot Racecourse. Meanwhile, in Geneva, some legendary Cartier tiger jewels go under the hammer.

Step inside the great auction houses of the world and discover the bidding frenzies within. In this opening episode, Sotheby's sells The Lock by John Constable.

The work of designers such as Finn Juhl, Shiro Kuramata and Arne Jacobsen comes to the salerooms of London in a week dedicated to design classics.

The blouse Judy Garland wore in the film The Wizard of Oz goes up for sale in London, as do Warwick Castle's ornate Grimani Tables - valued at half a million pounds each.

Items from the collection of the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire come under the hammer at Sotheby's in London. Elsewhere, prints and multiples are offered at Christie's.

In Burgundy, France, the Hospice de Beaune wine auction takes place - the most famous charity wine sale in the world, dating back to 1795.

In Staffordshire, Bonhams is selling eight rare Brough motorbikes - made famous by Lawrence of Arabia. Meanwhile in London, Christie's is selling Old Masters.

A book published by Ernest Shackleton's team goes under the hammer at Sotheby's. Meanwhile, Christie's is expecting over £400,000 for a photograph by Peter Beard.

A much sought-after timepiece by the renowned 17th-century London clock-maker Thomas Tompion goes under the hammer at Christie's.

Photographs that define our age come under the hammer at Sotheby's, including a work by Irving Penn that may fetch nearly a quarter of a million pounds.

At the Monaco Grand Prix Historique, a Jaguar C-Type once driven at Le Mans and a 1968 Ferrari valued at 23million euros go up for auction.

This special episode heads to Sotheby's where the late David Bowie's art collection, which includes works by Damien Hirst and Jean-Michel Basquiat, goes under the hammer.

At Bonhams, a collection of intimate letters written by a recently widowed Jackie Kennedy that she sent to British diplomat David Ormsby-Gore go under the hammer.

There's a bidding frenzy in New York as the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat goes up for auction, with his painting 'Untitled' set to break records.

New. series venturing into the great auction houses of the world, starting at Sotheby's where paintings from the age of Queen Victoria are going under the hammer.

A sculpture by Henry Moore comes to auction at Christie's, while at Sotheby's, the work of the late Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden go under the hammer.

A rare portrait of two young brothers by Titian is the highlight of an Old Masters sale at Sotheby's. Meanwhile at Christie's, some Cartier jewellery is being auctioned.

A sketch by John Constable is expected to fetch \u163\'5f300,000 at Bonhams, while Sotheby's is selling the art collection of music legend David Bowie.

Bonhams is auctioning 10 cars that tell the story of early British motoring, including an 1897 Daimler, which could fetch up to \£250,000.

Christie's is selling a masterpiece by Jacob Jordaens, which may fetch a million pounds. At Bonhams, Margot Fonteyn's ballet shoes and a Jimi Hendrix guitar go up for sale.

Timepieces made by legendary clockmaker Thomas Tompion come to auction at Sotheby's, while at Bonhams, a 1920s Rolls Royce is expected to fetch one million pounds.

A collection of 19th-century art goes on sale at Bonhams, while Sotheby's prepares to sell a unique musket made for the Chinese Emperor.

Artworks by Gustav Klimt, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Camille Pissarro are expected to fetch tens of millions of pounds at Sotheby's.

Artworks by Boudin, Matisse, Dali and and Monet go on offer at Christie's, as does Paul Gauguin's Te Fare, which is expected to fetch up to \u163\'5f18million.

A new series opens with bidders shuttling between Sotheby's and Christie's in New York for the annual May sales of post-war and contemporary art.

At Sotheby's in London two ancient Scottish families are having a clear-out. Their treasures include a sword said to have been used at the Battle of Culloden.

A mega sale by Christie's of contemporary art includes a work by Peter Doig originally bought for \u163\'5f15,000. What will it fetch now? Plus, a rare Rothko goes under the hammer.

In London, Ingles and Hayday are selling a rare Stradivarius violin. Meanwhile at Sotheby's, masterpieces by Gerhard Richter, Georg Baselitz and Jean Dubuffet are auctioned.

At Sotheby's in New York an 1897 painting by Gustav Klimt has surfaced after years in a private collection. Plus a work from the later years of Renoir is auctioned.

In a sale at Bonham's, there are swords from the English Civil War and letters revealing the extent of the love affair between David Ormsby-Gore and Jackie Kennedy.

In London, Christie's auction Francesco Guardi's Rialto Bridge painting, while Sotheby's are selling Turner's view of the fortress at Ehrenbreitstein, valued at \u163\'5f15million.

The marble lions from the tomb of Charles V of France are being sold at Christie's, while an exquisite Johann Christian Neuber snuff box comes under the hammer at Sotheby's.

Paintings by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky and Spanish surrealist Joan Miro go under the hammer in London.

A packed saleroom at Christie's in London sees record prices paid for ancient treasures including a bronze dirk, an Etruscan mirror and a lion's head carved from granite.

The world's great auction houses open their doors as letters written by Giuseppe Verdi, a sculpture by Constantin Brancusi and a rarely seen Picasso go under the hammer.

A rare painting by Christopher Nevinson comes to Sotheby's, while bidders scramble for the last painting by Winston Churchill - of his beloved goldfish pool at Chartwell.

Salvator Mundi, the long-lost Leonardo da Vinci painting of Jesus Christ commissioned by King Louis XII, is set to break all records at auction at Christie's in New York.

The skeletons of a woolly mammoth family - found on a building site in Siberia in 2002 - are auctioned in Sussex. Meanwhile, American art goes under the hammer in New York.

Twenty-five years after her death, some of Audrey Hepburn's possessions come up for sale at Christie - and the public interest is intense.

Ehrenbreitstein, one of the finest paintings by JMW Turner still in private hands, is up for auction at Sotheby's in London where it is expected to fetch around £20million.

Sotheby's auctions a range of paintings from the 20th and 21st centuries which are no bigger than the size of the catalogue page on which it is illustrated, in actual size.

A work by Le Corbusier joins a host of Old Masters and modern British and Irish paintings up for auction at Bonhams.

Married to Laurence Olivier, the actress Vivien Leigh had star quality and Sotheby's are hoping her name will attract bidders to a two-day sale of her possessions.

At the Goodwood Revival festival in Sussex Bonham's are auctioning a range of stunning classic cars, as well as a selection of vintage aeroplanes.

It could be the most expensive sale in the history books as the extraordinary art collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller comes to Christie's in New York.

David Hockney's 1972 Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) is a modern masterpiece and now it's up for sale at Christie's in New York with an estimate of around $80 million.

The art collection of late pop superstar George Michael goes under the hammer at Christie's in an auction featuring works by Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and Bridget Riley.

Behind the scenes of a sale of the Queen frontman's personal effects at Sotheby's in London, telling his story through the items up for auction. Spanning art, fashion, musical instruments, personal papers and possessions, candid photographs, furniture, and jewels, accrued over the course of 50 years, the sales allowed the public to bid for a piece of rock 'n' roll history.