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career began in Christie’s glass and ceramics department, before leading to appearances on Bargain Hunt and Flog It!

But Charles Hanson is now heading for less salubrious territory — a county court.

It results from his dispute with former business associate Susan Haswell, 55, who claims he owes her £6,810 in relation to work for his eponymous auction house, Hansons. When I disclosed details of the spat earlier this year, 40-year-old Hanson’s spokesman said they were ‘working hard to resolve’ the dispute.

Alas, to no avail. the case will be heard either on Hanson’s home turf, Derby, or Haswell’s, Kingston-uponthames — close to where she helped him establish his first London base last year.