Millionaire Hoarders couple left gobsmacked after discovering old painting could be worth seven figures
A COUPLE on Millionaire Hoarders were left stunned after discovering an old painting could be worth seven figures.
Simon Houison Craufurd and wife Adity live in Craufurdland Castle near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire.
Speaking on Millionaire Hoarders Simon, the 28th laird of the castle, revealed maintaining it costs an eye-watering £100k a year.
But a discovery by antiques specialist and Antiques Roadshow star Ronnie Archer-Morgan could be the answer to all of their problems.
Ronnie found a painting in the property he believed to be by 19th century landscape painter John Constable, despite it previously being declared a fake.
He took the artwork to be examined by a Constable expert and, while it was still undergoing forensic analysis at the end of episode one on Friday night, Ronnie had good news for the couple.
He told them: “The auctioneer would suggest, if it turns out to be a Constable, it could have a value of £800k to £1.2m.”
Adity said: “That would be life changing for the business, for the house, for everything.”
Ronnie added: “It’s a big ‘If’ but I have a lot of confidence in this and the next part of this journey qill require a lot of confidence, backed up by a little bit of money.
“And that could take six months or even a year.”
Despite the possibility that the painting could still turn out to be a fake, the couple agreed it would be “really silly” to stop the investigation.