1 week Ago By Karen Price
An Antiques Roadshow guest was left speechless just minutes into the latest episode when she was given the eyewatering valuation of a brooch she picked up in a charity shop for just £2.50 In the new episode on Sunday, April 27, the woman told expert Susan Rumfitt she had purchased the brooch in a charity shop "with a lot of other costume jewellery" but she admitted it "just didn;t feel like costume jewellery" because of its weight. She said: "The clasp was broken when I bought it and I took that to a little jewellers and asked if he'd mend the clasp and he sis and I asked if it was worth anything and he said 'not really' but he said 'if you're selling it I'll buy it for £50' and I thought if he wants to buy it for £50 it's probably worth a little bit more.
" Susan went on to tell the owner a little bit about the brooch which was made up of saphires, representing devotion, and diamonds, representing everlasting eternal love. She said: "You've got a very devotional and romantic piece of jewellery," as she pointed out the mounts were two intertwined hearts. "Perhaps it was given as a marriage gift," she added, dating the piece around 1870.
After being told the brooch was purchased from the charity shop for just £2.50, Susan told the guest: "It'g got everything going for it. If it came up for auction i think we'd be looking at an estimate of two to three thousand.
" The owner was left speechless and could only utter "oh my goodness". Antiques Roadshow is on BBC One Sundays and on BBC iPlayer.
