AN Antiques Roadshow guest gasped ‘can I sit down?’ after a bombshell valuation – and warned her husband ‘don’t tell the children’.
Sunday night’s edition of the BBC show took place at Dyffryn Gardens and saw expert Will Farmer meet a couple who had an impressive collection of colourful crockery.
He said: “Here in front of us, we have got such a broad spread of works by Clarice Cliff, everything from her landscapes, her geometrics, her fruits and florals.
“So I have got to ask the question, is this an inheritance, or is this a collection?”
The lady revealed how they had bought a bowl from an antiques shop as they liked how colourful it was, but realised it looked similar to some cups, saucers and tea plates that her grandparents had owned.
She told Will: “My grandparents used to host garden parties in a big garden.
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“My grandmother ordered, believe it or not, 100 plates, cups and saucers all of the same design.
“Hundreds of those, they were on the table every single day we thought nothing of them, and if one broke, it didn’t matter one bit we just went to the cupboard and got another one out.
“They bring back childhood memories to me, those cups and saucers!”
Will then asked what was the most the couple had paid for any of their collection and the husband said “no more than £60.”
Will then asked how much they had paid for a big charger at the back of the display and the man replied: “I think that cost £35 from an antiques shop in Cardiff”.
Discussing the colourful plate, Will told him: “This is a fabulous example.
“This is an 18-inch charger in a pattern called Bridgewater Green dated from about 1933.
“So we have got to talk numbers, the jugs here, Umbrellas of Rain, the melon, but in a rare colourway, you’re talking there between five and seven hundred pounds each.”
As the pair looked shocked, Will continued, saying: “We move down to the sugar sifter, lovely conical sugar sifter there and again another £500-600.
“Then we have got to come up to the charger, well as I say, you really shelled out that day at £35. Well, your £35 investment is now £300-400!”
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The woman then joked: “Can I sit down?!” but Will wasn’t done as he informed them that their whole collection was worth between £10,000 and £15,000.
The lady then joked to her husband: “Don’t tell the children,” but Will added: “You might have to tell them not to watch, but it is a wonderful collection, so thank you so much!”
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