Antiques Roadshow guest stunned over whopping value of car boot sale jewellery

09 October 2023 , 07:28

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The Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned by the collection's value (Image: BBC)

Antiques Roadshow viewers were left stunned when an expert unveiled the value of one guest's host of treasures, which she collected from a series of car boot sales.

The guest brought along a collection of different items she had purchased over the years from rummaging around in car boot sales. She said: "Someone had just put it down, the sun was shining and it just came at me."

One of the guest's items was a bracelet that featured a 22-carat golden chain and green stones, which the BBC expert later identified as emeralds. The owner revealed she had purchased it for just three pounds fifty.

Another unexpected item was a 18-carat brooch that the guest only paid two pounds for. The guest's car boot jewellery collection was extensive with other items including a flower brooch with three diamonds surrounded by 18-carat gold and a slightly broken flower brooch, which the guest paid one pound fifty for.

The guest discovered the items at car boot sales (BBC)

Expert Joanna Hardy left the guest gobsmacked when she revealed the broken brooch was worth a huge £3,000 to £4,000 as she explained: "Each of the petals being beautiful set sapphires with diamonds around each of the flower heads."

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Joanna revealed her collection was worth in total up to £11,000, as the stunned guest exclaimed: "Good grief!" Referring to the provenance of the guest's collection, the antique expert joked: "Quite frankly you have done extremely well, it never happens to me."

The brooch had a huge value despite being broken (BBC)

Antiques Roadshow viewers took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their shock at the value of the guest's car boot collection. One viewer tweeted. "This woman with her car boot finds, I need to start going with her…," while another penned: "I need to go shopping with this lady."

A third Antiques Roadshow viewer added: "No way did she buy them jewels from a car boot sale for under a tenner! Sellers ain't that dull!!" And a fourth commented: "This woman buying gold and precious stone jewellery at car boots for buttons!"

Charlotte McIntyre