‘I didn’t think it was worth that!’ gasps Antiques Roadshow guest after receiving huge valuation

AN Antiques Roadshow guest was left gobsmacked and gasping, " I’m surprised! I didn’t think it would be worth that! " after his football memorabilia was estimated at an eye-watering amount. 

Expert Raj Bisram was excited to be tasked with valuing the historic items that had ‘increased in value’ over the years. 

During an episode of BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, hosted by Fiona Bruce, viewers were taken to Roundhay Park in Leeds. 

Expert Raj instantly took a liking to a collection of football programmes brought in by a guest who was determined to find out how much they could be worth at auction. 

As the expert stood speaking to the man, he was eager to unravel how they came into his possession. 

The guest explained to the expert: “I got them when I went to the World Cup final. Me and my brother had to buy a book with all the tickets in order to get the final ticket.”

Raj then highlighted that, at the time, it was a massive achievement for England as we hadn’t won the World Cup for a while.

The BBC antiques expert stated: “Anything from the ‘66 World Cup is going to increase in value.”

The guest brought in two programmes to be valued, but Raj’s attention went to the final one.

The 68-year-old commented on how a significant amount of time had passed since England's last World Cup win, and many fakes have been made throughout the years.

Raj inspected the items and said: “There’s about five or six ways you can tell if you’ve got an old one or a replica. One of the first things to look at is the blue, a Chelsea blue we call this.

“This is absolutely genuine, provenance is everything, the fact that you were there, you brought this, and this was yours, that’s all I need to know.”

However, the man had also brought along a collection of stubs to accompany the programmes and the football memorabilia.

The man was left speechless when Raj finally revealed how much the items could possibly be worth at auction.

Addressing the guest, the expert said: “You would be talking about a minimum of £1,500 to £2,500.”

The man was taken aback and replied, “I’m surprised! I didn’t think it would be worth that”, before Raj thanked him for bringing in his collection.

Another guest on Antiques Roadshow was lost for words after discovering the whooping value of her own nude portraits from 1970. 

The painting depicts her standing completely naked with a thin open robe around her while holding on to her pregnant belly in the streets of Bethnal Green.

In the background of the painting are her cats, a pram for the unborn baby and a rather intriguing depiction of her husband looking over the balcony at her.

While the image was amusing, to say the least, the most mind-boggling part of the story was that the baby in her belly at the time of the painting was now her adult son, who was standing right next to her. 

The mother and son duo appeared on the BBC show, eager and determined to learn how much the painting would be worth.

The painting was estimated at anything between £1,500, £2,000 at auction.

Antiques Roadshow airs Sundays on BBC One and iPlayer.