Drama on Antiques Roadshow as BBC expert drops bombshell on misguided punter
Glass specialist laughs in face of man who spent TEN TIMES too much on a pair of wine goblets
AN EXPERT on Antiques Roadshow couldn't help but laugh when a punter showed him a pair of wine glasses he'd spent TEN TIMES too much money on.
The glasses were engraved with images of Admiral Lord Nelson and his various great victories, ending with the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and their owner believed they dated from around 1815.
He'd bought them from a widow in 1998 for £750 – each.
However he got a shock when glass specialist Andy McConnell gave him an appraisal of the goblets, joking: "I'm going to have to kill you! I'm going to kill you. Because they're wrong."
McConnell added: "The amount of pleasure I'm going to get from giving you a kicking is none. I have no pleasure in telling you that they're out of time by a hundred years. They are wrong."
He explained that at least one of the glasses likely dated from the 19th century, but the engravings came about 100 years later.
He concluded: "The fact is, they're stinkers. I'm really sorry. Their value is £100 each.
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"That's the good news, it's £100 each! £150 each. They're an academic curiosity."
The owner managed to laugh off the bad news, but admitted the value was "a little bit down" from what he expected.
Perhaps a glass of wine would make him feel better?