BARGAIN BREW Bargain Hunt’s most valuable item EVER revealed – and how it nearly ended up in a charity shop Beth Allcock Beth Allcock Invalid Date, BARGAIN Hunt's most valuable item has been revealed - and it's far from being the boldest, biggest and brightest of the bunch. In fact a tiny teapot discovered in Derbyshire, which was about to be thrown out after a lockdown spring clean, takes the crown for the BBC show's most valuable item ever. 5 A tiny teapot in Derbyshire takes the crown for Bargain Hunt's most valuable findCredit: HANSONS Bargain Hunt expert Charles Hanson secured a whopping £390,000 fee for the 18th Century find, originating from China, in what he described as "the most important item I've ever sold".