AN AUCTION house is celebrating the opening of a new saleroom tomorrow (Thursday, October 2) with an antique valuation day featuring a celebrity guest.

Fresh from his first appearance on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, Bargain Hunt expert Tim Wonnacott is having a day off from his dancing shoes to host the event at Tennants in Leyburn.

The auction house is holding the event, from 9am until 3pm, in its new Garden Rooms, and will also feature Antiques Roadshow regular Adam Schoon, Tennants’ own valuers Rodney Tennant and Nigel Smith, as well as in-house specialists.

The whole team will be on hand to offer free advice and enter items for forthcoming specialist sales.

There is free on-site parking and the café is open 8am to 5pm.