Antiques Roadshow guest speechless as 'piece of tat' is valued at up to £5k
ok.co.ukA guest on Antiques Roadshow was left utterly speechless when an item her husband had written off as 'just a piece of tat' turned out to be incredibly valuable.The couple appeared on the BBC show with a few pieces of jewellery for valuation.
Despite her husband's dismissive view, calling one item 'tat', the wife remained fond of it. She shared with expert Susan the backstory. "They were from my husband's side - from his mother - and when she died, my husband said his mum had a lovely opal bracelet that I might like.
So we dug it out and that was that," she explained. "Amongst a heap of things in this big box, we reached the bottom and there it was.
My husband scoffed, 'you don't want that - it's a load of tat'. It's just a piece of glass. But I insisted, 'well I like it.'" Her husband added, "We'd like to know what it is!
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