| The comforting, familiar nature of the Antiques | | | | with a spider's web design of silver, enamel, |
| Roadshow has been likened to 'the feel of a warm | | | | moonstone and pearl and was valued at |
| bath'. From its beginnings in 1977, the show delved | | | | £20,000 - £30,000. |
| through the possessions of others, with guests telling | | | | Silver Drinking Vessels Collection |
| us stories of the current owners, past owners and | | | | After inheriting a collection of silver drinking vessels, a |
| beyond. Usually the item might be worth a few | | | | young man from Crawley brought them in to the |
| hundred or few thousand pounds, but rarely - and | | | | Antiques Roadshow for examination. In an amazing |
| most excitingly - a true gem would be uncovered. | | | | discovery, each piece that emerged seemed to be |
| The Halt in the Desert - a painting by Richard Dadd | | | | more valuable than the last. The haul was valued at a |
| In 1987, a couple from Barnstaple, North Devon, came | | | | remarkable £100,000, and later sold at auction |
| along to a show with a painting. Unbeknown to them, | | | | for £78,000, needing some serious antiques |
| the painting was actually The Holt in the Desert by | | | | insurance cover. |
| Richard Dadd - a national treasure which had been | | | | Faberge Brooch |
| missing for more than 100 years. After authentication, | | | | A lady with a love for jewellery brought in a bumper |
| the painting was valued at £100,000. | | | | bag of brooches to expert Geoffrey Munn at |
| In the watercolour, a camping party is seen on the | | | | Chatsworth House. The guest had bought the bag at |
| shore of the Dead Sea with Dadd himself seen at the | | | | auction for just £30, and was shocked to when |
| far right. The scene was painted from memory by | | | | the expert pulled out each of the brooches and valued |
| Dadd from a mental institution, as after coming home | | | | them successively for £125 - £150. That |
| from the expedition to Greece, Turkey, Palestine and | | | | was until he spotted the real gem - a genuine pink |
| Egypt he murdered his own father 'supposedly at the | | | | Faberge brooch - valued at £10,000. |
| behest of the Egyptian god Osiris[*]. | | | | Lalique Vase |
| Spider's Web Bottle - by William Burges | | | | Possibly one of the canniest purchases to have |
| A guest brought in a little brown bottle his dad had | | | | appeared on the Antiques Roadshow was this 1929 |
| picked up in 1950 to the Antiques Roadshow in | | | | work by celebrated designer Rene Lalique which later |
| Skegness. The expert was delighted to reveal that in | | | | sold at auction for £32,450. The owner had |
| fact, the bottle was an original by William Burges - the | | | | bought it at a car boot sale in south Scotland for just |
| renowned Victorian designer - which had been lost for | | | | £1. |
| most of the 20th century. The bottle was engraved | | | | |