BBC Bargain Hunt expert makes £1million after finding object abandoned in box
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One BBC Bargain Hunt expert, Richard Madley, was astounded when he chanced upon a highly valuable old gold medal hidden in a cardboard box. The antique fetched an impressive £1 million at sale.
Richard revealed his most profitable finds to the BBC, saying: "I found a gold medal in a cardboard box which I sold for £1million, and a small lead Henry Moore sculpture I found in a Wiltshire farmhouse made £320,000. Oh yes - I found and sold some old rugby jerseys and photos found in an airing cupboard which I sold for £60,000. But who's counting!".
His luck on Bargain Hunt shone when he snapped up a vintage toy train from Cardiff Antiques Market for a mere £5 that later auctioned remarkably well in Carmarthen.
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Sharing his journey into the world of collecting, Richard disclosed how beginning with stamps and coins in his childhood helped him onto the property ladder: "I started with stamps then moved to coins but became hooked on bottles (all by the age of 11). My father bought me a box of Britains lead soldiers which I added to, then sold them all to buy my first house."
He divulged further: "I built up an impressive collection of postcards which I sold to re-roof that first house. I built up an even better collection of Poole Pottery over twenty years which I sold to pay school fees.", reports the Express.
With humour, Richard noted his current obsession with Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks, jesting that their future sale would be earmarked for his eventual nursing home bills: "My current area of collecting is Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks, which I will probably sell to finance my nursing home fees!".
Christina Trevanion of Bargain Hunt was left gobsmacked upon learning that some tribal masks, appraised by expert Sam Hanbury-Maiden and described as "highly desirable for collectors", might fetch a staggering £2million at auction.
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