Antiques Roadshow guess left open mouthed after learning value of ‘disliked’ vase that cost just £5
AN Antiques Roadshow guest was left open mouthed after learning the true value of her £5 vase.
The popular BBC One series aired its latest episode on Sunday night with Fiona Bruce presenting.
It broadcast from Portchester Castle on the Hampshire coast as viewers were introduced to a mother and daughter duo.
They brought along their ceramic jug that they revealed was purchased for £5 at a charity auction.
They revealed how their elderly relative purchased it after the one she really liked became too expensive.
The daughter said: “She never particularly liked it because it was never the one she wanted.”
Antiques expert Serhat Ahmet was on hand to inspect the item and told how it was a Clarice Cliff original.
The colourful jug featured a farm scene that instantly grabs attentionn.
Serhat told the two ladies how it had a ‘Lugano’ which was very rare and increased its value.
But they certainly didn’t expect the valuation he delivered and they were left open mouthed.
He said: “£3,000 – £4,000 would be easily beaten at auction, so I would say over £4000 on the day.”
Meanwhile, on another episode of the BBC show, a guest was reduced to tears after they got a lecture over a ‘priceless “table lamp” in the latest episode.
She revealed she had found the lamp in the street one morning when she was walking.
The expert, Arlie Sulka took a closer look at the item and began to analyse it and said: “It’s actually made by Louis C. Tiffany Furnaces, Inc., which is one of the names of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s companies.
She continued to explain that the lamp dated from 1920 to about 1928″ and had a “gilded-bronze base” with an “enamel design around the food”, and a “damascene blown-glass shade” with a iridescence on the outside.
Arlie then revealed to value of the item: “In a retail venue, something like this could sell for between $10,000 and $15,000.”
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