An Antiques Roadshow guest was not too happy after they turned up to get their item valued – only for it to be a fake.
The iconic BBC show is no stranger to a jaw-dropping moment. Since its debut, the series has seen a ton of unusual items get valued for eye-watering amounts.
But during an episode on Sunday (January 21) things took an awkward turn when one guest’s ceramic vases turned out to be fake. And he was not too happy about it.
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Expert John Sandon was given two vases by the guest was both a collector and a ceramist. He revealed that he collected Irish ceramics and had items from England too – including the two lilac vases he had with him.
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He explained: “When I saw the name William Moorcroft, I thought ‘Yeah, I’d like to get something that was quite old of his. I have a couple of new pieces which kind of date to around 2004, whereas these, I thought were kind of around 1900, 1905.”
The expert looked over at the items and noted how rare it was to find a matching pair in amazing condition. He then quizzed the guest further on where he bought them.
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The guest revealed he had purchased the vases from someone in his local area. They were selling their deceased uncle’s collection. He added: “I drove down to Cork to meet him.
“But I ended up meeting in a car park, which I thought was a bit strange,” he added. The guest then said how he formed out £500 for the two vases.
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John had to give him the bad news though and explained: “What worries me when you see them here is, are they too good to be true? Because they would be 1905, so 110 or 120 years old.”
He went on: “You’re going to expect to see defects here and there, a bit of signs of crazing. Underneath there, smears of old, has that just been dipped in tea?”
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John then revealed to the man that unfortunately the signature on the bottom of the vases was unauthentic. It was also just a mere photograph copy.
“They’re modern fakes, and therefore they’re just pretty,” he said, confirming that they had no value to them at all. Gutted, the guest looked on with a disappointed expression.
Fans were quick to react to the news. On X, formerly known as Twitter, one person said: “And the lesson is… never buy your antiques from a bloke in a car park”.
Someone else added: “Difficult to have much sympathy for that bloke who bought the vases from the back of a car.” Another quipped: “Didn’t that guy say he was a ceramics maker? Was there really a guy in a car park, or were you just trying to see how well your ceramic making is?”
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