Antiques Roadshow guest ‘heartbroken’ after shock discovery halves value of Faberge box
thesun.co.ukAN ANTIQUES Roadshow guest was "heartbroken" after a shock discovery instantly halved the value of a rare Faberge box. BBC viewers watched expert John Benjamin examine a cigarette case, as the show returned on Sunday at Forty Hall in Enfield, north London.
Jewellery historian John was delighted to value the "rather plain" box - but quickly realised that it was actually a Fabergé cigarette case and was worth thousands of pounds.
John told the guests: "Well, we are looking at a rather plain, rather severe-looking rectangle cigarette box. "But it has a lot of hidden extra features." The owner revealed it was his nan Olga's case, who had died in 1993 and passed onto him as a family heirloom. .css-16e4f55{margin:16px 0;}.css-1czxmma{background-color:rgba(252,239,255,1);margin:16px 0;}.css-1tapza8{padding:20px 15px;}.css-1bk4jdt{padding:20px.
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