An Antiques Roadshow guest was stunned to discover the enormous value of his collection of antique prints during Sunday’s exhibition.
In the latest episode, members of the public brought their valuables to Pollok Park in Glasgow, with one man bringing a selection of book pages dating back to the 15th century.
Expert Matthew Haley called them “absolute gold dust” and revealed the collection included some of the “oldest prints ever featured” on the BBC programme.
The guest then explained how his wife had purchased the items for him due to her work history in the printing industry.
Matthew gushed: “Here’s a piece of paper that was printed in 1470, 550 years ago,” before revealing that one page had been printed by William Caxton, the first person to print in the UK in 1482.
An Antiques Roadshow guest was stunned to discover the enormous value of his collection of antique prints during Sunday’s show.
In the latest episode, members of the public took their valuables to Pollok Park in Glasgow, with one man bringing with him a selection of book pages dating back to the 15th century.
Turning to the valuation, he said: “Just one sheet of this book printed by William Caxton; just one sheet at auction would fetch between £600 and £1,000.”
Before continuing: “I think if you added it all up, the individual values of these sheets, you’d be looking at something between £5,000 and £10,000.”
Stunned, the guest joked, “Don’t tell the wife.”
It comes after another Antiques Roadshow guest was left completely shocked by the huge value of her “ugly” lamp she found while out walking.
Expert Arlie Sulka evaluated the unusual item when the hit show visited the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
In the American version of the BBC series, the guest explained: “I was out for a morning walk and I got about four houses away from where I live and there was a sign that said ‘Free.’
“So I walked by it the first day, and then the second day I thought about it again and thought, ‘Well, I’ll take this.’ And it’s pretty ugly but I can give it to someone, but it’s a lamp.” , so I’ll just take it.
“So when I brought it home, I ran to my neighbor and asked if I could cut the cable and fix it.
Expert Matthew Haley branded them “absolute gold dust” and revealed the collection included some of the “oldest prints ever seen” which will feature on the BBC programme.
Turning to the valuation, he said: “I think if you added it all up, the individual values of these sheets, you would be looking at something between £5,000 and £10,000.”
Stunned, the guest joked: ‘Don’t tell the wife’
“He said the plug itself is very old and that I should wait and find out about the light fixture before cutting it off.”
The Antiques Roadshow expert revealed that it was a Louis Comfort Tiffany lamp made by Louis C. Tiffany Furnaces Inc.
Arlie said: “You have a gilt bronze base with the enamel design around the foot and then what we call a damascened blown glass shade with a wonderful iridescence on the outside.”
The expert explained that each lamp has different colors and each color differs the value of the lamp.
It comes after another Antiques Roadshow guest was left completely shocked by the huge value of her “ugly” lamp she found while out walking.
Expert Arlie Sulka evaluated the unusual item when the hit show visited the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
Arlie noted that the guest’s caramel color was “very desirable,” adding, “because it’s intact and the shade is one of the best colors.”
There was also a marking on the inside that said “LCT Favrile” which, the expert explained, showed that the lamp was “homemade.”
Revealing the staggering value of the item, Arlie said: “In a retail establishment, something like this could sell for between $10,000 and $15,000.”
Bursting into tears, the guest was shocked and said, “My God.”
