Antiques Roadshow guest gobsmacked at price tag of 'beautiful' family heirloom
Antiques Roadshow guest gobsmacked at price tag of 'beautiful' family heirloom
Antiques Roadshow expert Rupert Maas left a guest stunned as he revealed the true value of a junk shop item on Sunday
A guest on Antiques Roadshow was utterly gobsmacked upon discovering the unexpected worth of a "junk shop" item on Sunday (June 1).
Tonight's episode of the cherished BBC programme took place at Nottingham's majestic Wollaton Hall, where townsfolk gathered with their cherished possessions for expert valuations.
Art expert Rupert Maas evaluated a monochrome portrait of Edwardian icon Princess Daisy of Pless during the episode.
"So, in a grand house like this, you need a very grand lady. And doesn't she look rather like a debutante? She's very beautiful," Rupert began.
The guest recounted how her father acquired the painting in a Watford second-hand store for only £13.50.
An Antiques Roadshow guest was left speechless on Sunday (June 1)
"So I said, 'Yeah, go get it.' About 1974 this was. And then I've got it, and I'm afraid it's not anywhere at the moment," she revealed.
Rupert pinpointed the creation date of the artwork to 1902, prompting the woman to share some personal history of the princess born in 1873.
"On her first season in London, she met the Prince of Pless, the richest prince in Germany, and he asked her to marry him. She said, 'I don't love you,' and he said, 'It doesn't matter,'" shared the owner, reports the Express.
"And the Cornwallis-Wests, as she was then, were quite poor. They absolutely jumped at the chance. And he paid for the whole wedding. She was a real society lady."
Not long after the portrait was taken, Princess Daisy would mother three boys, following the tragic loss of her first daughter.
A debutante painting was valued at £2,000 to £3,000
Rupert explained that the portrait was captured by Ellis Roberts, a prominent society portrait artist in London, renowned for his exclusive network of wealthy and celebrated clients.
"He would work fast in charcoal and some white across the top and along the highlights, especially in the jewellery, but mostly it's charcoal and then smudged with the thumb just to give a subtlety in the modelling of the face and the lighting of it," the expert shared.
"Quick but assured, and that's what's good about this. It's lively, straight from life."
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"You're going to be hanging it again, I hope, especially when I tell you what it's worth," Rupert then said, before disclosing that the item carried a value between £2,000 to £3,000.
"Really? Gosh! I was thinking you were going to say a couple of hundred," the stunned guest replied, as Rupert acknowledged that "it's not a huge amount, but it's a lot more than he paid".
Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on BBC iPlayer
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