BBC Antiques Roadshow awkward moment as valuation of 'rare' item stuns guest

Antiques Roadshow adept Gordon Foster was near intrigued by a enigma entity brought to him by a antheral who suggested his woman had overpaid for it astatine £4,000 aft it was fixed a valuation of £3,000

Antiques Roadshow witnessed a infinitesimal of discomfort connected Sunday erstwhile a impermanent hinted that his enigma point mightiness person been underestimated successful value.

The peculiar country unfolded astatine the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, wherever adept Gordon Foster was fascinated by an antithetic point brought earlier him.

Gordon exclaimed: "I emotion it connected the Antiques Roadshow erstwhile you get a enigma entity and you've brought on a metallic box! " He noted that onlookers had hazarded assorted guesses astatine its usage from a lady's constitution instrumentality to a bespoke carrying lawsuit for caviar.

The proprietor past unveiled the information the container was a unrecorded alert holder for angling, saying helium was enormously pleased with it arsenic it was a contiguous from his spouse marking 17 years of marriage. Delving deeper, the idiosyncratic disclosed that the portion was made from coagulated metallic and crafted by the illustrious Asprey of London and admitted not utilizing it for its intended intent owed to concerns implicit fragility.

Acknowledging its rarity, Gordon could callback conscionable 1 akin portion successful his duration arsenic an appraiser, proclaiming that the metallic contented coupled with the Art Deco plan and prestigious Asprey sanction signified the point had 'everything going for it', reports the Express.

Upon Gordon valuing the portion betwixt £2,000 and £3,000, the impermanent couldn't incorporate his excitement, exclaiming: "Wow, wow, that's amazing! " But the ambiance shifted somewhat erstwhile the antheral remarked: "I deliberation she paid £4,000...", implying a imaginable undervalue, starring to a bout of laughter betwixt them though it was unclear if the remark was successful jest.

It comes aft big Fiona Bruce shared a behind-the-scenes communicative from Antiques Roadshow, revealing that producers decided against airing a peculiarly harsh appraisal. Speaking to The Guardian, the presenter described however a antheral was near crestfallen aft being informed by the show's solid adept that his expected antique, bought for £1,000, was really a worthless Tesco olive lipid vessel from 2008.

The TV veteran, aged 60, recounted the infinitesimal earlier this year, admitting that portion the country was "too cruel" for television, portion of her believed it would person been "great television". Fiona witnessed the man's disappointment firsthand and, contempt the imaginable for a laugh, felt it was excessively unkind to broadcast.

She explained: "I accidental we could person broadcast it but it was conscionable excessively cruel. The feline was devastated. There's a tiny spot of my encephalon that realises it would person made large television. But it's conscionable not what the show's about. Poor chap, mediocre chap. The happening is, if you travel connected the Roadshow we are not astir to humiliate you. The happening astir Antiques Roadshow is not to humiliate people."

Antiques Roadshow is connected BBC One connected Sundays and connected BBC iPlayer