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Antiques Roadshow guest shocked as belt buckle 'worth five-figure sum'

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A man who showed off a gold belt buckle he picked up at auction stunned Antiques Roadshow experts with its size. But the guest was himself shocked as the buckle received a very impressive five-figure valuation on the US-version of the show.

When asked where he picked it up, the man said: "I got it at an auction two or three years ago. It's all Alaska gold and mammoth ivory, there are also some diamonds." The expert then asked how much he paid for it, and the man revealed he'd spent around $5,700.The expert commented on the item, saying: "It's rather large.

Of course I threw it on my scale, you almost broke it! There's five ounces of gold here. I love this part of the mastodon tusk.

At first I thought it was wood." He went on to discuss the purity of the gold buckle and its connection to Alaska, as well as the quality of the piece.The buckle was said to have about five carats of diamonds, not including the gold.The expert then asked the man if he had any idea when the buckle might have been made.

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