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Antiques Roadshow fans have been left “screaming” at their screens after an expert apparently “ruined” a guest’s rare scrapbook.
In a repeat show broadcast on Sunday evening, stunned viewers quickly realised the mistake made by expert Fuchsia Voremberg.
A woman went to the grounds of Salisbury Cathedral to find out the value of her great-uncle’s book from when he was in the army.
The delicate item was crafted from printed scraps and ferns from the 1890s that her relative sent home from India, the woman revealed.
She said: ‘He sent it as a Christmas present to his mother and it was passed down to me through the family.’
Antiques Roadshow fans have been left “screaming” at their screens after an expert apparently “ruined” a guest’s rare scrapbook.
In a repeat broadcast on Sunday evening, stunned viewers quickly realised the mistake made by expert Fuchsia Voremberg.
Fuchsia said: ‘This is an interesting example of a Victorian phenomenon called Fernmania or Pteridomania.
‘They collected them, they painted them, they printed them and in this case, they pressed them and put them in this beautiful book.’
As Fuchsia flipped through the book, fans noticed that one of the protected layers of paper was folded back.
Shocked viewers flooded X with fury, writing: “Anyone else see her fold a page when she turned to look at another page?”
“I was left breathless,” “Yeah, and it made me think, Holy crap!”
-Yes, it was very annoying. Although I thought I should have closed the book because the wind was blowing everything away.
‘Yes, we were screaming in front of the TV!’
Fuchsia added: ‘What’s really nice about this example is that it shows this young man, who is very far from home, and he’s sending back a little piece of the place he’s seeing.
The delicate item was crafted from printed scraps and ferns from the 1890s that a family member sent home from India, the woman revealed.
As Fuchsia flipped through the book, fans noticed one of the protected layers of paper folded back.
“The most poignant thing about all this is that ferns are associated with grief, so in a way I was creating a grief album.”
He continued: “It’s a lovely meeting point between India and this British guy over there. I’d give it a value of £200.”
The woman replied: “Oh, wonderful, fantastic! It’s not like it’s for sale.”