Antiques Roadshow fans were left stunned after a bloke’s extremely “chill” reaction to fining out the eye-watering value of a vintage baseball top.
The bloke appeared as a guest on the US version of the hit BBC show, which airs on PBS, with a vintage Red Sox Jersey passed down to his family from his mother-in-law. But this wasn’t just any old sports top – it belonged to a true sporting legend.
In the clip, which has gained more than 11,000 likes, he explained: “My wife’s grandmother was a volunteer at a school, and she got friendly with the sportswriter, one of the major newspapers. Thelma loved Ted Williams.”
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Ted Williams, who passed away in 2002, was an American professional baseball player and manager. For the majority of his career, he played as a left fielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960. His career was briefly interupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War.
The guest claims the journalist, from Boston, US, knew how much she loved the baseball star and he “got her the jersey as a as a gift, to thank her for taking care of his child.”
Appraiser Leila Dunbar, who specialists in sports memorablia, was left fascinated by the unique find. She explained: “What you brought in is a Ted Williams PSP game, worn Red Sox home jersey.
“The one thing that Teddy never accomplished, Ted Williams in his career was winning a World Series. He came closest in 1946, but he really changed the Red Sox. If you look at the Red Sox after they sold Babe Ruth in 1920, the Yankees fortunes ascended.
“Red Sox, unfortunately, went the other way, and they end up selling off a lot more players. So when Tom Yawkey bought the team in 1933, they were pretty much in the basement of the American League East. He changed everything.
“He started putting money into the team, and his real coup was signing Williams from the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres in 1939, he was the slugger of the American League, and in the 42, he won the Triple Crown, which is when a hitter leads the league in batting average, home runs and RBIs.”
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However, she noted that the length of it had definitely been altered, knocking a significant amount from the price. She concluded that the altered version would be worth around $250,000 but if it hadn’t been, it would have made him up to $600,000.
To which, the bloke calmly replied: “That’s great. I don’t know where the piece went, but if I could find it, put it back on.” But his reaction left fans stunned as they dubbed him the “chillest guest” ever.
One user said: “Dude is the most chill person ever. I would’ve been freaking out!” Another added: “The nonchalance with which he handled having a jersey that could pay the balance of my mortgage.” Meanwhile, a third wrote: “Tell me you’re already rich with out telling me you’re already rich…”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
