THE hammer has gone down on hundreds of goods at a special auction in Malvern featuring the BBC's Flog It! team.

Following a huge valuation event held at Worcester's Guildhall in March, a lucky few saw their valuables auctioned in front of the TV cameras yesterday.

The Flog It! programme selected a number of items to go under the hammer at Philip Serrell's auction rooms in Barnards Green Road, Malvern.

Jim Rose, from Chaddesley Corbett, near Kidderminster, saw his decanter fetch £440 in the packed auction house.

The moment was captured by the cameras, to be shown on a forthcoming edition of the BBC2 TV show.

Mr Rose said: "I am really pleased at how much the decanter fetched. I had it for about 30 to 40 years and both my daughters had fallen in love with it. But as they both could not have it I decided to sell it and split the money between them."

Mr Rose, who ran The Plough at Shenstone for 40 years, said antiques experts had valued the decanter at £200-£300 at the event in Worcester.

He said "It was really good fun taking part in the programme and I'm looking forward to seeing it on the television."

The presenter and star of the show, Paul Martin, was on hand to deliver the auction results to each person selling lots and guide them through the event.

Stephen Bayliss, from Northampton, who had been visiting his aunt in Malvern, said he was delighted to meet Mr Martin. He said: "It was really good fun and I enjoyed myself. I sold a barometer, which I bought for £1 at a car boot sale. It went for £230, however, I had spent £250 restoring it so I didn't quite get my money back."

Pensioners Martha and John Mitchell were filmed as their rosewood jewellery box and travelling chess set went under the hammer.

Mrs Mitchell, of Stone, near Kidderminster, said: "The jewellery box made £50 and the chess set made £130. But for us it wasn't about the items, we just love Flog It! We watch it all the time and were so pleased to get involved."

A spokesman for the programme said they were pleased with the response from Worcestershire people.

As yet, there is no date for its transmission.