BBC Antiques Roadshow guest lost for words as 'piece of tat' receives huge value

An Antiques Roadshow impermanent was near gobsmacked erstwhile they recovered retired the existent worth of a portion of jewellery which was branded 'a portion of tat' by her husband

An Antiques Roadshow impermanent was gobsmacked erstwhile what her hubby had dismissed arsenic 'a portion of tat' turned retired to beryllium worthy a tiny fortune.

A mates showed up connected the BBC programme to get the worth of a mates of jewellery items. The wife's affection for 1 peculiar item, described by her different fractional arsenic 'tat', didn't waver, contempt his opinion.

She told adept Susan astir the root of the pieces: "They were from my husband's broadside - from his parent - and erstwhile she died, my hubby said his mum had a beauteous opal bracelet that I mightiness like. So we dug it retired and that was that.

"Amongst a heap of things successful this large box, we reached the bottommost and determination it was. My hubby scoffed, 'you don't privation that - it's a load of tat'. It's conscionable a portion of glass. But I insisted, 'well I similar it.'"

Her spouse chimed successful with: "We'd similar to cognize what it is! It's precise large for a precious stone, I would person thought."

Susan past revealed the unexpected information astir the bangle. She said: "Let's commencement with the bangle first. We cognize it's opal similar you said, but it's truly beautiful. As we tin see, determination are these fantastic opals, each graduating successful size, and person diamonds successful between, which truly assistance to bring retired the beauteous colours.

"The greens, the blues, flashes of oranges we spot astir the stones. It truly is wholly magnificent and the added bonus with immoderate portion of jewellery is having the archetypal container which we person here. If we unfastened the container up, we tin spot the portion was bought astatine Wartski's successful Llandudno. It's present based successful London but this is wherever they were established."

She added: "They've gone connected to beryllium 1 of the astir important jewellers successful the world, known for selling Faberge but we tin calm things a spot due to the fact that this isn't Faberge, but it truly is simply a ace illustration of 1880s jewellery."

Focus past turned to the necklace, adding: "Then we travel connected to the portion of tat that you would telephone it. This comes from the Edwardian play and has diamonds which are acceptable astatine the apical here. They are acceptable successful platinum to the front. You request spot to enactment this jewel here. It's really aquamarine. The colour's adjacent each the mode done the chromatic arsenic well."

The large uncover came erstwhile Susan disclosed the imaginable auction value. She announced: "All successful all, it's moved a agelong mode from tat! The aquamarine pendant, if it went up to auction, would beryllium astir 3 to £5000.

"The opal bangle, of course, is simply a magnificent portion and if that came up to auction, we would beryllium looking astatine an estimation of 8 to £10,000," starring the proprietor to exclaim: "I wasn't expecting that! I deliberation we amended person different look successful that jewellery box."

Antiques Roadshow airs connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer