A guest on the Antiques Roadshow stunned viewers this weekend after a clock he brought along was valued at £12,000 – and he vowed never to sell it.
Expert Ben Wright was brought in to look at the item, which had previously valued at around £1,000.
The male guest explained the clock had belonged to his great aunt and he bought it as a keepsake after she died.
He told Ben: “Well I first saw this clock about 60 years ago, and it was in the front hall of my great aunt’s flat.
“When she died I wanted something to remember her by, and I then bought it for probate value of £1,000.”
The expert explained the clock was producer by “well-known” London clockmaker Robert Higgs, adding: “There are lots and lots of features that I love about this clock.
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“But the first one you notice when you open the door is the decoration being on the inside as well as on the outside.”
He then moved on to the all-important valuation, admitting the clock is actually worth more than 10 times what the guest had originally paid for it.
Antiques Roadshow regular Ben said: “So a beautiful clock like this has a value.
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“And I’m trying not to be biased because I love it very much, I would say, conservatively at auction we’re certainly talking of a value between £8,000 and £12,000.”
However, the guest on the show was adamant he won’t be selling it because it means too much too him.
He told the expert: “I would never part with it.”
Ben then told him: “You’re a very lucky man to have it. Well chosen.”
Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/antiques-roadshow-guest-vows-never-23638298