Published Date: 16 Feb, 2021 Updated date: 21 May, 2021 ByPhil Carrington
Tim Weeks spent his early life surrounded by antiques and the thrill of the auction house. Being raised by an auctioneer father, he watched his dad carry the gavel at auctions in Badminton and Grittleton before he set up Wessex Auction Rooms in Draycot Cerne.
Tim Weeks is an English auctioneer, cataloger, director, valuer, and television personality. He is best known for the long-haul BBC One program named Bargain Hunt.
Tim Weeks Bio & Family; Age, Father, Ethnicity
Probably into his mid-30s, Tim Weeks was born somewhere around the 1980s in Chippenham, England. Besides a British nationality, Tim possesses white ethnicity.
Tim’s father, Peter Weeks, is his biggest inspiration when it comes to his choice to become a professional auctioneer. He spent his weekends as a six-year-old sitting in the corner of auction rooms watching his father wield the gavel.
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The famed auctioneer grew up in a house where the dinner table discussions were based on the items that had been brought in that day. Eventually, that’s how Tim got more insights into auctioneering at an early age.
His Career & TV Shows: Bargain Hunt
Tim Weeks is the proud co-owner, valuer, and auctioneer of a company called Wessex Auction Rooms. He and his business partner, Martin Hughes, took over the company back in January 2016, which was initially formed by his auctioneer father.
Aside from running an auction house, Tim also serves as a radio host. Back in 2016, he landed a gig as the co-presenter of a series on the BBC One network called Street Auction. Similarly, he serves as a regular expert on the BBC One show, Bargain Hunt.
It’s the #wessexauctionrooms takeover on @BBCBargainHunt today on BBC One at 12:15 – @TimWeeks720 TimWeeks720 will be the gavel master on the rostrum and @izziebalmer720 will be talking to Eric Knowles about #jewellery #bargainhunt #timweeks #izziebalmer pic.twitter.com/6kZW6cMhtU
— Wessex Auction Rooms (@WessexAuctions) February 15, 2021
Apart from that, Tim hosts a show on the BBC Wiltshire radio network and is also the presenter of his own segment named TheSocial. In addition to being an entrepreneur, radio host, and full-time bargain hunter, Tim contributes regularly to various blogs, magazines, and websites.
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How Much Is Tim Weeks’ Net Worth?
From his astonishing career as an auctioneer, television personality, radio host, and entrepreneur, Tim undoubtedly bags a commanding net worth. However, his actual net worth still remains under review.
Tim Weeks goes around buying antiques at local fairs before auctioning them off in the hopes of making a substantial profit. One of his biggest profits is when he bought a scrapbook that contained cuttings of football newspapers from 1940 for around $50. He was able to sell the book for more than $1210.
Tim Weeks Married Life; His Partner, Children
Besides his professional success as a popular auctioneer, Tim Weeks steers equally soothing personal life. He shares a blissful marital bond with his beautiful wife named Alexa Weeks. Tim is yet to reveal further details on how the two of them met and when they finally decided to walk down the aisle together.
Nevertheless, Tim and his partner, Alexa, are proud parents of their two wonderful kids as of 2021. They spent a resounding and luxurious life with their children named Albie Weeks and Bella Weeks.
Tim prefers to live a very seclusive life and when it comes to his matrimonial affair and family surroundings, he is very protective. The auctioneer till now has never felt the need to give any statement or reveal his privacy that surrounds his relationship with his wife Alexa, which could also be her sheer supportiveness to his progressive career into auction and biddings.
Moreover, Tim has kept his social media handles, private which is one of the prime reasons, people know very little about his personal life. It shows that he has guarded his personal life with utmost stance, not letting his wife, kids, and other family members be the news sources of any media portals.
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Some Interesting Facts About Tim Weeks
- Tim mostly likes to collect football programs, ceramics, silvers, vinyl, toys from the 1980s, and decorative art from the 20th century.
- If he wasn’t working in the antique trade, Tim would have been playing in central midfield for the Premier League side, Arsenal.
- Tim’s journey to Bargain Hunt began when the boss at the show called him asking to consider a screen test while he kept busy co-presenting BBC One’s Street Auction.
- Tim’s biggest professional loss came when he purchased a collection of rock and film star autographs for about $267.
- He is active on Instagram with over 1.9k followers; however, his account is private.
