Bargain Hunt experts' most expensive finds – vampire slaying kit to cockerel tea cosy

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BBC show.The kit, which was bought by a private bidder in the UK, more than quadrupled its initial guide price – and was one of the more unusual items to have sold on the show in recent years.However, it has not been the only item to have surprised both viewers and the Bargain Hunt experts.READ NEXT: David Dickinson to be honoured at National Reality TV Awards as nominations revealedFrom rare teapots, ashtrays made by famous fashion brands and even a cockerel tea cosy, all sorts of items have gone under the hammer for an eye-watering profit.Here, Daily Star takes a look at the most expensive items to have been sold by its experts.One antiques owner certainly got a surprise after the set of ornaments he was about to donate to a charity shop ended up selling for more than just a pretty penny.After having a spring clean at home, the gentleman brought in a collection of ornaments that was gathering dust at home.However he got more than he bargained for, as one of the items was a rare 18th century teapot that originated from China.A representative for Hanson's auction house called it "the most important item I've ever sold", with expert Charles Hanson saying: "It’s amazing, I think this is the ultimate Bargain Hunt find; our client came into the salesroom with a bag for charity but then this came out and he said, ‘Is it worth anything?'"What we’ve got here Natasha, is a [teapot] and it would’ve been a ceremonial [teapot] used by the court of Emperor Qianlong in the 18th century."So it’s an imperial piece of enamel on copper, with that imperial yellow ground, very sacred, very important and very rare."So rare in fact that when it went up for auction, the item became the most expensive piece ever sold by one of the Bargain Hunt.