An Antiques Roadshow guest burst out laughing after discovering the huge value of her small, broken carriage clock, which entertainment expert Richard Price described as “quite scruffy”.
In Sunday’s programme, audiences took their most prized items to Thirlestane Castle on the Scottish border, with one lady keen to learn more about the watch after inheriting it from her late husband’s aunt.
Laughing, he agreed that the watch was in a sorry state and had been since it was given to him on his wedding day 50 years ago.
She told Richard: “It’s always on my desk, not working, I know it’s horrible, right?”
The expert went on to reveal that the item was a French one from around 1885, while marveling at its porcelain panels and confirming that it had been manufactured by the renowned Drucker company of Paris.
An Antiques Roadshow guest burst out laughing after discovering the huge value of her small, broken carriage clock, which entertainment expert Richard Price described as “quite scruffy”.
At Sunday’s show, audiences took their most prized items to Thirlestane Castle on the Scottish border.
He told expert Richard: “It’s always on my desk, not working, I know it’s horrible right?”
But Richard was quick to point out its flaws, including the need to clean it and re-gilt the gold to be ready for auction.
Before adding: “When it’s done it will be worth £4,000,” as the audience gasped in surprise.
Surprised, the woman threw back her head laughing, while murmuring: ‘I will certainly see how much it costs to finish (the job).
“It’s so special to me,” he said, before Richard joked: “It’ll be even more special when it works!”
It comes after another guest was She was stunned and the crowd around her gasped when she discovered the six-figure value of a “never before seen” heirloom that her family had been in possession of for decades.
The woman explained: “In the 1960s my husband’s parents bought a house in west Wales with all its contents and this was in its contents.”
He went on to say that no one in the family knew what it was, but after some research online, we guessed it might be from Fiji.
Expert Ronnie explained that the object was actually from the Cook Islands in the 17th century and would have been used for combat.
The expert went on to reveal that the item was a French one from around 1885, while marveling at its porcelain panels and confirming that it had been manufactured by the renowned Drucker company of Paris.
But Richard was quick to point out its flaws, including the need to clean it and re-gilt the gold to be ready for auction.
Before adding: “When it’s done it will be worth £4,000,” as the audience gasped in surprise.
Saying: ‘Now, as we all know, Captain Cook traveled to Polynesia and during his third visit,’
“His surgeon saw one of these and noted in his diary how magnificent they were, praising this wonderful weapon.”
He went on to say that the item was “very rare”: “These objects are very, very important.” I have never had one of these, this is the first time.
It comes after another guest was left stunned and the crowd around him gasped when he discovered six figures worth of a “never before seen” relic.
Moving on to the assessment, he concluded: “It’s a shame about the damage, it’s missing a little edge but it doesn’t take away from its energy or power.”
Before saying that if it were to go on sale it could fetch between £100,000 and £150,000.
The audience gasped in amazement as the woman exclaimed: ‘Crikey! Wow, that’s amazing, isn’t it? Really surprising.’
