It was hosted by comedian Andy Muirhead, a former biologist, and featured a panel of experts: Sydney-based fashion designer Claudia Chan Shaw, antiques dealer and restorer Gordon Brown, and professor of sociology Adrian Franklin.
[5] In October 2012, Muirhead was sentenced to 10 months in jail for child pornography offences[6] after pleading guilty in July 2012.
The last episode in the series aired on 23 September, with the team behind the show producing a new program called Auction Room for 2012.
The managing director of the ABC, Mark Scott, stated, "Tasmania does not have the scale and market to justify the high fixed costs involved in maintaining an internal television production unit and associated labour and infrastructure".
[9] Each show was made up of a number of segments: Reports by various panel members on certain areas of collecting were also included in most episodes.