AN Antiques Roadshow guest was so fuming at a valuation gone wrong they were left marching off the set.
One member of the BBC show’s team was left recalling the shocking moment that caused the showdown.
Will Farmer has long-been an expert on the show and specialises in ceramics and glass.
While more often than not, he is left delivering great news and astonishing prospective values to his guests, not every time has gone quite according to plan.
Speaking to Express.co.uk, Will recalled how one instance on the show saw him revealing the worst possible news to a guest.
It all concerned a green glass bottle whose owner was expecting to be given a substantial valuation but ended up being told he would make a huge loss.
Speaking about the moment, Will told the publication: “A gentleman pulled this green glass bottle out of his bag and I looked at him and said ‘What would you like to know?’
“He said, ‘I want to check the date of it’ and I said, ‘Are you a collector, have you inherited it? Where is it from?’ and he said he’d bought it from an antique shop so I knew I had to tread carefully.”
Revealing the gentleman had told him that he had shelled out an eye-watering £1,000 for the item, Will revealed that the guest in question believed it was “a very rare 17th-century glass bottle”.
With suspicion arose, Will consulted with his colleagues to see if they had the same concerns as him.
Will said: “I said, ‘Gentlemen, before I go and make a balls up here, make a fool of myself, what is this?'”
He was then forced to break the news that it was just a green glass bottle and held no significance whatsoever.
Will added: “I had to go back and I remember this poor man’s face dropped.
“He just took it out of my hand, put it in the bag, and walked off.”
He continued: “My view has always been for some people this is the one opportunity they’ve waited for.
“They will have waited four or five hours in the queue and will be there five to ten minutes. That’s what they’ve worked for.”
