BBC Antiques Road Trip expert 'flabbergasted' after item makes unexpected profit

Antiques Road Trip adept Mark Stacey was near speechless implicit the profit

Antiques Road Trip's Mark Stacey experienced a rollercoaster of emotions erstwhile an unexpected find led to a important profit.

In a 2017 occurrence of the fashionable BBC show, Mark discovered an intriguing lawsuit helium hoped would clasp a invaluable portion of jewellery.

His hopes were dashed erstwhile helium recovered it empty, but helium inactive managed to auction it disconnected for a important profit.

In a clip from the show, Mark is seen successful an antique store wherever helium spots the point and tells viewers: "Now, I've seen this small container here, it's got Ollivant and Botsford connected apical of it."

The narrator past provides immoderate context: "Ollivant and Botsford are jewellers, silversmiths and watchmakers." Mark past decides to unfastened the box, asking the shopkeeper: "Can I person a look astatine this?"

"Let's anticipation it's arsenic breathtaking arsenic it looks," Mark said, opening the lawsuit lone to find it empty, reports the Express.

"Oh, that was an anticlimax," the narrator quipped. "Whatever was successful there, issued by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, 19 September 1917," Mark work from the statement wrong the box.

"The container utilized to incorporate a platform ticker utilized for naval navigation, the fig connected the box's lid uniquely identifies it and ties it to these records held successful the Royal Observatory Greenwich," Antiques Road Trip fans were informed.

"They corroborate the box's provenance and archer the communicative of its moving life. It was acquired by the Royal Observatory successful the 1890s and was issued to galore Royal Navy vessels earlier being retired successful 1922."

Mark past asked: "Just a small intriguing small happening but £40, is the trader negotiable bash you think?". Jim responded with a glimmer of hope: "I'm definite we could bash thing connected that price."

"What would helium take?" Mark prodded, with Jim revealing: "I cognize he'd bash a £35 connected it." Not satisfied, the antiques aficionado pushed further: "Do you deliberation helium would travel down to £30?"

After a little tussle connected the phone, they sealed the woody with a handshake astatine £30. The mahogany compass box, sans ticker, was past taken distant to auction, wherever it fetched a jaw-dropping sum.

"Two commissions with me," announced the auctioneer, kicking things disconnected astatine a chill £100. They added: "£110, £120, £130, £140, £150, £160, £170, £180... £180?" the bids continued to travel successful arsenic the sum reached £200, wherever it was sold astatine a staggering £200.

Overwhelmed, Mark could lone stutter with amazement astatine the outcome: "I don't cognize what to say" arsenic helium pocketed a £170 profit.

Antiques Road Trip is disposable to ticker connected BBC iPlayer.