Antiques Roadshow guest is stunned by the staggering value of her grandmother’s sapphire ring as expert admits it’s ‘one of the best’ she’s seen
Antiques Roadshow expert Joanne Hardy left a Glasgow guest stunned on the BBC show after valuing her grandmother’s sapphire ring for a staggering sum.
During an appraisal in Pollok Park in the last episode, a woman brought in a beautiful elegant ring that had been in her family for decades.
The expert, who specializes in buying and selling luxury jewellery, admitted it was ‘one of the best rings I’ve seen in a long time’.
Joanne said: ‘Well, this is definitely a necklace for every outfit you have in your wardrobe. You could wear it with anything.”
“It was my grandmother’s,” the woman explained. “She wore it all the time and she left it to me 58 years ago… When I was young, I think I wore it because it was new to me.”
Antiques Roadshow expert Joanne Hardy left a Glasgow guest stunned on the BBC show after valuing her grandmother’s sapphire ring for a staggering sum
During an appraisal in Pollok Park in the last episode, a woman brought in a beautiful elegant ring that had been in her family for decades
Jo replied: ‘So this is a beautiful sapphire called a star sapphire and this one has a six-ray star and it’s really quite stunning.
‘It is set around cushion-shaped diamonds and this typically takes place around (the period of) 1900/1910. It has the beautiful milgrain setting… all platinum, which is very contemporary.
‘I’d say you’d spend about £4,000-£6,000 at auction.’ The stunned woman said, “Gosh!”
Earlier this week, another guest was shocked to discover the value of a watch he found broken in a junk shop.
The episode saw members of the public taking their belongings to Powis Castle in Welshpool, with one man hoping to learn more about the timepiece.
He explained to expert Alistair Chandler how he paid £40 for a box of odds, only to later discover the watch was hidden at the bottom.
The guest said, “There were all kinds of bits in (the box) and there were some tools I wanted, but at the bottom there were some dead watches, and in there was this one.
Alistair immediately gushed over the item, telling the guest how he had ‘come across a gem’.
Joanne (right), who specializes in buying and selling luxury jewellery, admitted it was ‘one of the best rings I’ve seen in a long time’
‘I’d say you’d spend about £4,000-£6,000 at auction.’ The stunned woman said, “Gosh!”
Earlier this week, another guest was shocked to discover that a watch they found broken in a charity shop was worth as much as £2,000.
Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow team hit the road again this summer to film the 47th series of one of the BBC’s best-loved programs
He then explained how the watch was made by designer Jaeger-Lecoultre, before also pointing out the name of luxury London jeweler Asprey on the dial.
Alistair said: ‘It really oozes style’ before revealing it was made in the 1930s and was one of the ‘forerunners of design’ for the time.
Turning to the valuation he concluded: ‘I think you paid £40 pounds, in the current market and interest in Jaeger watches and given the store name Asprey’.
‘I think someone would easily pay £1,500 to £2,000 for this watch.’
The man looked bewildered and sighed before laughing, “That wasn’t a bad day of shopping.”
Jaeger-LeCoultre is a Swiss manufacturer of luxury watches and clocks, founded by Antoine LeCoultre in 1833 and known for making some of the world’s most expensive watches.
Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow team are hitting the road again this summer to film the 47th series of one of the BBC’s best-loved programmes.
The team, as is customary at ticketed events, is open to the public and invites guests to tell them about their treasured pieces in advance by submitting photos and information about their items via the Antiques Roadshow website.
Registrations are now open for free tickets to the new locations, including:
- Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery in Walpole Park, Ealing, West London
- Cromford Mills, near Matlock in Derbyshire
- First art gallery in Colchester, Essex
- Thirlestane Castle in Lauder in the Scottish border region
- Beaumaris Castle on the Isle of Anglesey
- Botanical Gardens in Belfast
Applications for tickets and to show items are now open with limited spaces. To register for both, visit: www.bbc.co.uk/antiquesroadshow