‘Absolutely flabbergasted’ Antiques Roadshow guest gasps ‘behave yourself!’ as she learns eye-watering value of grandmother’s jewellery collection
An ‘absolutely stunned’ Antiques Roadshow guest gasped: ‘Behave!’ while learning the dazzling value of her grandmother’s jewelry collection.
Sunday night’s episode on the BBC took place at Thirlestane Castle in the Scottish Borders.
An unsuspecting guest brought two brooches and a pendant from her grandmothers in the hope of learning more.
It included an opal and diamond brooch from the 1890s to 1910s, a pearl and diamond pendant from the 1900s and a sapphire and diamond brooch from the 1970s.
Expert Susan Rumfitt was tasked with valuing the items and said the sapphire and diamond brooch could sell for between £500 and £700.
An ‘absolutely stunned’ Antiques Roadshow guest gasped: ‘Behave!’ while learning the dazzling value of her grandmother’s jewelry collection
An unsuspecting guest brought two brooches and a pendant from her grandmothers in the hope of learning more
The pearl and diamond pendant was estimated at between £1,500 and £2,000 and the opal brooch was estimated to fetch between £5,000 and £7,000.
The stunned guest then excitedly exclaimed, “No, behave! Wow, thank you very much!’
They added: ‘I am absolutely stunned and was delighted to hear such lovely news about the jewellery.
‘No, I won’t have them remodeled, I’ll leave them exactly the same!’
Elsewhere in the episode, a guest burst into fits of giggles after discovering the enormous value of her little broken travel clock, which expert Richard Price described as ‘pretty nasty’.
One lady wanted to know more about the timepiece after inheriting it from her late husband’s aunt.
Giggling, she admitted that the clock was indeed in a terrible state, and had been since the clock was gifted to her on her wedding day fifty years ago.
She said to Richard: ‘It’s always been on my desk and doesn’t work, I know it’s awful, right?’
Elsewhere in the episode, a guest burst into fits of giggles after discovering the enormous value of her little broken travel clock, which expert Richard Price described as ‘pretty nasty’.
One lady wanted to know more about the timepiece after inheriting it from her late husband’s aunt
The expert further revealed that it was a French example from about 1885, marveling at the porcelain panels and confirming that it was made by the renowned Drucker company of Paris.
But Richard was quick to point out the flaws, including the need to clean and re-gild the gold before it was ready to go to auction.
Before I add, “When that’s done, that’s how it will be [worth] £4,000′, as the audience gasped in surprise.
The woman threw her head back in shock, laughing as she muttered, “I’ll be sure to see how much that costs to get [the work] finished.
“It’s so special to me,” she said, before Richard joked: “It’ll be even more special if it works!”.
It came after another guest was was left stunned and the crowd around her gasped as she discovered the six-figure value of a “never before seen” relic that her family had owned for decades.
The woman explained: ‘In the 1960s my husband’s parents bought a house in West Wales and all its contents, and this was included in the contents.’
She went on to say that no one in the family knew what it was, but after some online research they suspected it could have come from Fiji.
Expert Ronnie explained that the item actually came from the Cook Islands in the 17th century and would have been used for fighting.
He said: ‘As we all know, Captain Cook traveled to Polynesia and on his third visit’
“His surgeon saw one and noted in his diary how beautiful they were, praising this beautiful weapon.”
It came after another guest was left stunned and the crowd around her gasped when she discovered the six-figure value of a ‘never before seen’ relic
He then goes on to say that the item was “very rare”: “These are very, very important, these objects. I’ve never held one before, this is the first time.’
Turning to the appraisal, he concluded: ‘It’s a shame about the damage, a small point is missing, but it doesn’t detract from its energy and power’.
Before we said that if it went on sale it could fetch between $100,000 and $150,000.
The audience gasped as the woman shouted, “Crikey! Wow, that’s amazing, isn’t it? Really great’.