Highest Value Item Takes Owner Completely By Surprise | Antiques Roadshow

Highest Value Item Takes Owner Completely By Surprise | Antiques Roadshow

*All valuations were correct at the time of broadcast.* This lady brought in a box of gold jewellery for the Antiques Roadshow expert to look at, but it was actually the necklace she was wearing that intrigued the expert most. Dating from about 1840, it has a surprising valuation that shocks the owner. Hugh Scully and the experts from Antiques Roadshow take a look at some fantastic antiques and the history and stories surrounding them. This clip was filmed in Lyme Park in 1999.

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50 Comments

  1. @jkennett9104 on April 14, 2025 at 7:57 am

    The look on her face in the background lol

  2. @zelda.1776 on April 14, 2025 at 7:59 am

    some jewish ladies jewelry

  3. @Jo-yp8wy on April 14, 2025 at 8:00 am

    500£ then would be over 1000£ today. And 2000£ would be close to 4500£.

  4. @gordondalrymple7644 on April 14, 2025 at 8:02 am

    Once owned by Jews great grandma knew

  5. @mandowhippet on April 14, 2025 at 8:05 am

    Good Teutonic hair! Yikes, you couldn’t say that today!

  6. @JoshuaKirtley on April 14, 2025 at 8:07 am

    Old gold coming from Germany always has me raising an eyebrow as to its true chain of custody.

  7. @DwightLivesMatter on April 14, 2025 at 8:09 am

    Not even worth selling at such a low price. I hope she passed it down until it was possibly worth more than that.

  8. @H0TWHEELS on April 14, 2025 at 8:10 am

    She had ear rings on also 😮

  9. @davidbamford1971 on April 14, 2025 at 8:11 am

    What a brilliant program the antiques road show was.
    No pageantry, just the best of British.

  10. @JohnnyKray on April 14, 2025 at 8:12 am

    "These intricate solid gold pieces are worth somewhere in the vicinity of 20 quid each, however the paperclip holding your name tag on is worth approximately 56,000 pounds…..surprised?"

    "…..no"

  11. @JoshuaJayMusic on April 14, 2025 at 8:12 am

    Not one comment about the fact this is literally Nazi gold.

  12. @Jo-yp8wy on April 14, 2025 at 8:12 am

    Clicked on it and got an advert fron vinted 😂. How bad is THAT!

  13. @chrischristophers618 on April 14, 2025 at 8:14 am

    Yeah gold is not going to be worth more than gold😅

  14. @MrMallychapman on April 14, 2025 at 8:15 am

    1:46 when he starts speaking German ya ya 😂 !

  15. @llamapi3 on April 14, 2025 at 8:15 am

    The video quality is more british than the bad teeth.

  16. @adfggffffffddffd on April 14, 2025 at 8:15 am

    Lol probably Nazi loot from her late husband 😂

  17. @barmeyu3392 on April 14, 2025 at 8:16 am

    she was hoping it’d be more

  18. @Treebronx on April 14, 2025 at 8:18 am

    Probably 10k now

  19. @lvpbadger4504 on April 14, 2025 at 8:20 am

    The weight in gold alone is more valuable 😂

  20. @user-db3xu1hw7r on April 14, 2025 at 8:21 am

    muff chain, eh?

  21. @garyjohnson3751 on April 14, 2025 at 8:21 am

    Unfortunately this item was found to actually be a reproduction

  22. @JMazzaTaz on April 14, 2025 at 8:27 am

    Today I saw a “muff chain” and I gotta say…. I always knew hygiene in centuries past were nothing like today, but who knew there was actually jewelry to decorate the most intimate of areas? Mind. Blown.

  23. @harmageddon6182 on April 14, 2025 at 8:27 am

    Ja.

  24. @DwightLivesMatter on April 14, 2025 at 8:28 am

    She definitely expected a higher value and was surprisingly disappointed.

  25. @oldmanballs on April 14, 2025 at 8:29 am

    Muff chains. Lmao.

  26. @gipsyboy49 on April 14, 2025 at 8:30 am

    i would buy that gold foor 4000 pounds in an instant. i think in waight alone its over 6000 pounds

  27. @VladimirBlarp on April 14, 2025 at 8:33 am

    I have a vintage late 1700’s poop sleeve. It is in excellent condition with very little wear. It would be the centerpiece in a collection from that time era. I’d love to know it’s value

  28. @user-bo3mp8un6c on April 14, 2025 at 8:33 am

    She wanted more. We always do. 😂

  29. @eric_schaaf on April 14, 2025 at 8:35 am

    Well that was exciting. Not.

  30. @nacholibre1962 on April 14, 2025 at 8:35 am

    2:17 “Oh, I see. I thought you meant . . . Never mind.”

  31. @PER5Y on April 14, 2025 at 8:38 am

    Muff chains eh ?
    😆

  32. @EagerJackrabbit-wy6zn on April 14, 2025 at 8:38 am

    Don’t watch these cause they don’t give dollar worths. Pounds??

  33. @marviwilson1853 on April 14, 2025 at 8:39 am

    I always laugh at the surprise to some valuations. £2000 here for the necklace is just a 35,000 mile service and oil change of a BMW 7-Series!

  34. @1bcordell on April 14, 2025 at 8:40 am

    Coming from Germany it kind of makes you wonder what nationality the original owner was. Cough, cough.

  35. @joelhenderson4450 on April 14, 2025 at 8:40 am

    Mrs Dr Strangelove, I presume.

  36. @johnm725 on April 14, 2025 at 8:40 am

    that gold alone now is 20k

  37. @EpicKing on April 14, 2025 at 8:40 am

    The gold value for scrap on that table today is probably 5-10k

  38. @tim7052 on April 14, 2025 at 8:42 am

    I was clearing out some stuff from a house I was moving into, when a lotto ticket at the bottom of a box of odds and ends fell out. It was still valid, and though the Real Estate Agent and I tried tracing the previous owner, they just disappeared. So, after getting some legal advice, I took the ticket to the Newsagent to redeem it. Imagine my astonishment when the ticket won bugger all!! (GOTCHYA!! And you thought this was going to be a treasure story!!! 🤣)

  39. @willgoodall1529 on April 14, 2025 at 8:42 am

    Stop saying "muff chain"

  40. @johnflaskar7763 on April 14, 2025 at 8:44 am

    How much was it worth?

  41. @erindanelleavilaavilaguerr7251 on April 14, 2025 at 8:46 am

    The Tampa classics episode is complete compromise. It suggests ncis compromise and something about the USS Aberdeen. We also know this has sounds of improper possession and movement of rifles on that vessle.

  42. @yunglynda1326 on April 14, 2025 at 8:48 am

    £2000 in 1999 = £3,741.65 in 2025 (US$4833.84)

  43. @JP47471 on April 14, 2025 at 8:50 am

    Lady coming through with pure gold and surprised

  44. @jamesbomd3503 on April 14, 2025 at 8:50 am

    HMM ANYTHING FROM GERMANY AT THAT TIME FROM A WOMEN WITH DARK SHADES ON
    WITH A GERMAN ACCENT ‘ALWAYS MADE ME SCEPTICAL !

  45. @documax123 on April 14, 2025 at 8:51 am

    "Because they were long it was assumed that a muff would hang from it and you’d put your hands through it ."

  46. @KirkDavies on April 14, 2025 at 8:52 am

    My wife turned me on to this show when we first started dating. Been a fan since. Wonderful to see the looks on people’s faces when they learn the history and value of their family heirlooms.

  47. @DamplyDoo on April 14, 2025 at 8:53 am

    HOW IS THIS TITLED HIGHEST VALUE

  48. @treasurestruthfreestateentrepr on April 14, 2025 at 8:55 am

    Germany artifacts 😂

  49. @petertraveller6421 on April 14, 2025 at 8:56 am

    Name of the video starts "highest value", I was expecting minimum 100k, but it was 2k only, a pocket money.

  50. @braddishv3146 on April 14, 2025 at 8:56 am

    Everything on UK Roadshow is under-priced….

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