TV auctioneer Philip Serrell reveals his cut-throat business in a memoir

BOOK OF THE WEEK WHAT AM I BID? MY LIFE UNDER THE HAMMER   by Philip Serrell (Hodder £20, 240 pp) My hope is that Philip Serrell will do for the antiques trade what James Herriot did for cows’ bottoms, as his memoir contains every ingredient for similar popular success. Instead of the Yorkshire Dales, we … Read more

TV auctioneer Philip Serrell reveals his cut-throat business in a memoir

BOOK OF THE WEEK WHAT AM I BID? MY LIFE UNDER THE HAMMER   by Philip Serrell (Hodder £20, 240 pp) My hope is that Philip Serrell will do for the antiques trade what James Herriot did for cows’ bottoms, as his memoir contains every ingredient for similar popular success. Instead of the Yorkshire Dales, we … Read more