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Antiques Roadshow guest gobsmacked after £21 ‘fat cat’ figurine receives whopping valuation
AN ANTIQUES Roadshow guest was left gobsmacked after a £21 "fat cat" figurine received a whopping valuation.
Sunday's edition of the BBC show saw expert Will Farmer meet a woman who had brought in a large feline-shaped figurine.
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Will was immediately impressed, saying: "Sometimes you get things that just make you smile and when you look at this fat fellow here he's absolutely glorious, so where did he come from?"
The guest explained she had picked it up at a local auction house four years ago for £21.
Will replied: "Well your little investment there was a bit of a shrewd buy, because what you're looking at is the work of a designer called Lisa Larson, who's one of the greats of Swedish design and hailed very high as a designer of the mid-century period."
He then showed her the faint makers mark on the bottom of the cat and added: "His name is the maxicat and he was actually designed as part of the zoo series, it's a high glazed stoneware and all hand painted.
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"He was actually introduced in 1965 and he's a rare thing.
"I would imagine of all the things I've seen today this is the one thing I think most people will say I'll happily take him home."
Will then revealed his valuation, telling the guest: "So your £21 investment it's all about new audiences and new buyers coming through.
"This is what people want, I know many people who'd be happy to pay you £1,000."
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The lady was shocked by the news and exclaimed: "Ooooh my goodness, he's sat on the floor at the side of the sofa."
Will said she should now "elevate" him, and she replied: "Yes, he's going to go right on my knee."
Antiques Roadshow airs Sundays on BBC One.
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