Send Alex something expensive

Task notes

• The contestants' submissions were items were valued by an 'amenable (and somewhat sarcastic)' Sven of Christie’s auction house.
• Dan Atkinson sent in a 'fragment of the cross of Jesus', which Sven valued at £10, as a curiosity.
• Bruce Dessau's 'family goblets' were valued at £20, and his 'family Midget Gems' were valued at 20p.
• Stu Goldsmith's We Need Answers plate, which he says he stole from the set of the show, is valued at £5, despite being, as Mike Wozniak notes, in 'perfect condition'.
• The authenticity of Steve Hall’s 'very rare first edition Dostoevsky', signed by the author in dedication which begins ‘Dear Steve’s great-granddad’, is questioned by Sven, who values it at 50p.
• Tim Key’s Perrier award is valued at £500, and he is genuinely afraid of losing it.
• Lloyd Langford's Roman coin is valued at £50.
• Josie Long offers up a piece of paper, on which she has written all of her 'TV ideas', including Bojo’s Dojo, 'a karate vehicle for Boris Johnson'. The paper is valued at £199.
• Henning Wehn’s 'World Cup puzzle' is valued at 50p.
• Joe Wilkinson's copy of Con Air on VHS is valued by Sven at £9.99.