Antiques Roadshow guest ‘loses 100k’ during brutal valuation gone wrong

Antiques Roadshow is known for its hidden finds and reactions from guests when they find out that bit of rubbish found in their drawer is worth a fortune.

However, there is the rare occasion where someone goes onto the BBC show and gets a lot less than they would have hoped for.

This is exactly what happened to a couple that went on to the show with a fancy-looking brooch that was a family heirloom from the woman's grandma, as well as other valuable pieces.

Believing that the piece of jewellery featured a real emerald, the couple got excited when they heard it could be worth £100,000. But this wasn't the case.

They were shocked when they found out the real value of one of their items (BBC)

Expert John Benjamin was then tasked with valuing the items, though one of the guests first explained that the pieces were given to his wife on their wedding day as a gift by his mother.

She also suggested that as there was no daughter in the family, they should pass them on to their potential future daughters on their wedding days.

Benjamin then eyed up the pin, which was thought to have an emerald, as the couple hoped for an Antiques Roadshow miracle.

But upon closer inspection, he said: "This pin is set with a very large green stone, and white stones - that was made in about 1910."

He then asked: "Now, what do you think the green stone is?"

Admitting that they thought the brooch featured an emerald, Benjamin brutally revealed: "I wish it was. It would be worth an absolute fortune. It would be worth £100,000 if it were, but it's glass."

"Your pin - £10," the expert stated, as the guests stood there in disbelief, before he moved on to the diamond bow they brought, which he valued around £1,200 to £1,500.

So it wasn't all that bad, after all.

There was more too, as he moved on to their clip brooch, which he said was 'probably worth around £3,000'.

The green stone was just glass, and worth a tenner unfortunately (BBC)

Benjamin went on: "The diamond crescent brooch - I like that one, it would make between £3,000 and £4,000."

One of the guests then replied in disbelief: "£3,000 and £4,000? Okay."

But the expert wasn't done, as he revealed: "The diamond target brooch with a nice big diamond in the middle, I quite like that - I can see that making £3,500 to £4,000.

"Now, this magnificent Columbian stone in the middle - that's real. That's worth £5,000 to £6,000."

The owner was left in awe, simply stating: "Good God," with his wife adding: "Incredible."

Concluding his appraisal, Benjamin summed up: "This is a really wonderful comprehensive group of 19th and 20th-century jewellery.

"So if you were to sell it, £15,000 to £20,000," he announced.

Understandably, the husband said that he was 'blown away' by their real value after being 'tucked away in a drawer' for so long.

Talk about a comeback.