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The Gavel and The Gabble
The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and Seaton, Devon. Now we know there are lots of TV shows about buying and selling antiques and collectables but we thought followers of this podcast would like to hear about what goes on behind the scenes of an actual working auction house as we go about our daily business, the characters we meet, the things we find, and the things we wished…
Episodes
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The IKEA Virgin & The Well Fed Penguin with Richard Payne-Withers
Today on The Gavel & The Gabble Harry and Simon tell stories from their week including Harry getting dressed up all fancy for a charity auction and Simon…
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The Free La-Z-Boy & The Car Boot Violin with Danny Sebastian
Today Harry and Simon are joined by one of the most famous dealers on the TV right now, host of Bargain Hunt and antiques dealer extraordinaire, Danny…
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The Red Devil & The Say Yes Rule - with David Harper
Today Harry and Simon are joined by the absolutely terrific David Harper. You’ll know David from The BBC’s Antiques Road Trip and other TV appearances, but…
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The Best & The Worst Of Part 1
Today as Harry and Simon are very busy with upcoming auctions and house clearances, we thought we’d bring you a ‘best of’ or maybe ‘worst of’ is more accurate…
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The Diamond Rings & The 91 Year Old Bride
Today on the pod Harry and Simon actually talk about antiques and collectables instead of trying to inflict pain on each other. Harry tells us about a very…
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The King’s Toast & The Suffragette Collection - with Isabel Murtough
Isabel Murtough, auctioneer and valuer extraordinaire joins Harry and Simon on the pod this week in the wake of the Hot Chip Challenge fallout. Izzy has just…
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The Mouthful of Koalas & The Hot Chip Challenge
Today on the podcast Harry and Simon recap their last month of auction successes including big money made on a lovely Omega watch, Owl and the Pussycat brooch…
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The Gondola & The Japandi Style - with Matt Dixon of TallBoy Interiors
Since Simon has just had his birthday we thought it would be great to have a little change to the formula and get someone young and successful on the podcast…
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The Fabergé Dinosaur & The Wall of Shame - with Matt Ball
Matt Ball, publishing editor of the ATG, that’s the Antiques Trade Gazette joins Harry and Simon today to chat about the wonderful things he’s doing with the…
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The Letter From Peru & Oliver Cromwell’s Rolex - with Paul Laidlaw
Auctioneer, collector, dad, foodie, a man who has been described by the BBC as an antiques expert, Paul Laidlaw is on the podcast today! That’s right, the man…
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The Newbie & The Unwanted Lamp - with Sophie Champion
Today on the show new dealer Sophie Champion joins Harry and Simon to have a chat about how she’s finding the antiques industry so far and what inspired her to…
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Branscombe’s Right of Reply
You’ve read the title correctly, finally after all of Simon’s Branscombe bashing, Chris the representative for all the people of Branscombe is on the podcast…
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The Louis Vuitton Trunk & The Growler
Today on the show Simon has a rather big confession to make and Harry has been doing his best to combat the absolute silence of their recent auction. The…
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The Wrong Chandelier & The Grateful Little Lover
Today Harry and Simon are chatting about all the silly stuff like a leaky Tesco, the wrong chandelier, how both of them are pretty clueless when it comes to…
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The Conclusive Diamond & The Illegal Eye Clinic
What do you get when you combine two unruly children, two dogs you didn’t ask to look after, and a shipment of 53 huge boxed LEGO sets? You get Simon’s hectic…
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The Action Man & The Walnut Escritoire
Today on the podcast, Harry and Simon chat about some of their favourite items that went up for sale last weekend as well as playing you some clips from those…
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The Upholsterer & The Neon Chair - with Sharon O’Connor
Today on the podcast Harry and Simon have a fantastic and funny guest for you, Sharon O’Connor. Following a 20 year career in fashion, Sharon re-trained with…
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The Flu & The Handbag Dogs
Today on the pod Harry and Simon give a massive pat on the back to their brilliant house clearance team after navigating really difficult circumstances in a…
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The Blacksmith & The Apology
This week Harry and Simon have some clips from their latest Lyme Bay auction to share with you as well as the usual anecdotes and hilarious back and forth…
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The Therapy Mustang & The Royal Doulton Figurines
This week Simon is head over heels in love, which for a married man shouldn’t come as a surprise. The surprise is that it’s with a rather lovely Ford Mustang…
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The Japanese Stamp & The Wrong House
Better late than never! After a busy week in Windsor, Harry and Simon return to tell you what happens when you turn up at the wrong house and try to put all…
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The Cello & The First Guest
It’s all very exciting this week as Harry and Simon are joined by their first guest on the podcast, well, first invited guest if you exclude all the people…
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The Thief & The Slowly Deflating Tyre
Your favourite auctioneers who aren’t on the telly every week are back from another successful sale. This week Simon and Harry dive into the topic of what, if…
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The Salty Sea Dog & The Half Eternity Ring
How do you fit a cow with rigour mortis into the back of a car? What on earth is a half eternity ring? And what will happen when the seagulls finally come for…
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The German Mandolin & The Harry Potter Wands
This week Harry’s not prepared anything to talk about because he was at a Coldplay gig, watching some people on exercise bikes power the stage. That means it’s…
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The Happy Winners & The Angry Bidders
What makes a good lot to sell at auction? Who are the weirdest bidders? And what ever happened to Simon’s irresponsible boat purchase? Those are just some of…
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The Wheelie Bins & James Bond’s Dress
Postage! Why, oh why does nobody think about the cost of postage! Let’s face it, we've all been a bit miffed having to pay more than the cost of an item just…
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The RNLI Charity Auction Special
This week your two favourite auctioneers are bringing you a special episode recorded at the RNLI charity auction they recently hosted in Lyme Regis. This…
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The Pastel Cow & The Passionate Collector of Nothing
We’re officially the hottest podcast in the country right now… temperature wise that is, as this episode was recorded mid-hottest day on record, poor us. This…
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The Bric-a-Brac & the Non-Holiday
Simon's back from holiday...well... Not quite a holiday, but he's back joining Harry to share their best loft anecdotes. As well as that unbelievably exciting…
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The Hammock & the Jealous Auctioneer
This week is a competitive one as Harry is feeling just a little envious of Simon and his TV gig. Listen in for stories of how an audience once stole a 5 star…
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The Peacock is on the Watchtower
Ever wondered how much that old vase in the attic could go for at auction? In this episode Harry and Simon gabble on about the most expensive items they’ve…
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The Snake & the Prodding Spear
Join Harry and Simon as they take you behind the scenes of a real auction house, telling you what they’ve sold and who they’ve annoyed this week. Listen in to…
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The Gavel and The Gabble is a podcast hosted by Harry and Simon who, together, are lucky enough to run two provincial Auction Houses in Windsor, Berkshire and…