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An Antiques Road Trip expert was left horrified after smashing a nearly 200-year-old historical artefact.
Appraiser was left mortified after he dropped a precious item despite being warned to be careful with it.
The BBC program follows antiques experts as they travel the country researching and valuing rare and extravagant items.
And in an episode first broadcast in 2017 and recently repeated, pundit Charles Hanson blushed after a trip to Manchester.
The auctioneer and appraiser was examining a collection of antiques with fellow appraiser Christine Trevanion when he picked up an impressive gun.
An Antiques Road Trip expert was left horrified after smashing a nearly 200-year-old historical artefact.
Charles Hanson blushed after picking up an impressive weapon that had been used by King George IV and which was 188 years old and disintegrated in his hands.
After being caught with the broken gun, the expert sheepishly admitted the handle had fallen off before the show’s narrator called the star a “silly boy.”
Charles was particularly attracted to the royal object and said: ‘This is George IV. It’s a dueling pistol and it’s 188 years old.’
He spoke of its delicate condition, adding that he knew it was old and well-loved because the handle was “about to fall off.”
Then the gun disintegrated in his hands and Charles was so shocked that all he could say was “Oops.”
After being caught with the broken gun, the expert sheepishly admitted the handle had fallen off before the show’s narrator called the star a “silly boy.”
But, taking it all in stride, Charles accepted that he now had to buy it.
He said, ‘My God. Well, that’s just great, isn’t it? I might have to buy it now anyway. It’s quite worn, but the reason I like it is because it’s in its original condition.’
He said, ‘My God. Well, that’s just great, isn’t it? I might have to buy it now anyway. It’s quite worn, but the reason I like it is because it’s in its original condition.’
But he added: “It could never, ever be fired now and is purely a relic.” It could be cheap. That’s all really. It could be cheap.
And Charles’ mistake isn’t the show’s only memorable incident.
Antiques Road Trip expert Catherine Southon playfully shoved her co-star Mark Stacey and called him “horrible” after he criticized her findings in a recent episode.
The duo started the episode in Aberdeen and took a trip through Cullen before ending up at an auction in Elgin, Moray.
However, the trip wasn’t drama-free as Mark slammed his co-star once he saw her purchases.
Revealing that he wasn’t a fan of his articles, Mark joked: “I don’t know what to say… so you bought a bunch of model train books, you bought a pen… I didn’t like it.” And a reproduction fanatic.’
He added: ‘For £172 you should be ashamed of yourself. For that amount of money, you would have done very well.’
Antiques Road Trip expert Catherine Southon playfully shoved her co-star Mark Stacey and called him “awful” after he criticized her findings.
The duo started the episode in Aberdeen and took a trip through Cullen before ending up at an auction in Elgin, Moray.
Taken aback by his comments, Catherine pushed him away and when he tried to hug her, she replied: ‘Get your hands off me!’
They later addressed the disagreement individually, speaking directly to the camera.
Catherine seemed hurt by his comments and asked, “Wasn’t that horrible?”
“I don’t think that was nice at all. He wasn’t complimentary about any of my articles. He said he thought I should be ‘ashamed of myself’, which was a bit of a cutting comment.
Mark, on the other hand, showed no signs of remorse as he told viewers, “I think she’s a little mad at me because I wasn’t too excited about some of the items she bought.” But I’m not sorry.’