What was the highest appraisal on antiques roadshow

The six-foot-tall piece required five people to carry it to the location, having been in council offices for 13 years. Follow Metro across our social channels, on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram. Poppy Logo. According to Entertainment Weekly , it's the most valuable item ever on the show.

The Daily Mail reports that the most valuable item ever on the BBC version of the popular show is an exquisite Faberge flower with gold, silver, rock crystal, enamel, and a diamond center. The six-inch-tall flower is one of only 80 surviving "botanical studies" created by Faberge in the early s of different flower species.

Brought in by two soldiers for the show's 40th anniversary in , the flower came with its original presentation box. The treasure had been passed down in the soldiers' regiment. Below, you can watch their reaction to its appraised value of more than one million British pounds. Many other extremely valuable antiques have shown up on both versions of the show over the years.

The following stand out in their categories for being worth significant sums of money. According to the BBC , the maquette, or preliminary model, for the famous Angel of the North, a sculpture by Anthony Gormley in Gateshead, England, is the second most valuable item ever on the British version of the show. The six-foot-high piece of contemporary art was made by the sculptor as a model of the foot-high outdoor piece. It appraised at over one million pounds in At the time, it ws the highest valuation ever on the show.

Owned by a local couple the painting had languished in the loft of their family home for years before they took it to the Antiques Roadshow on the off-chance. Stirrup cups which first appeared in the midth century were usually decorated with foxes. They were handed up to the Master of the Hunt, just before they went off hunting.

The cups were made by Hunt and Roskell, which was one of the best makers of the 19th Century. Expert Geoffrey Munn could hardly contain himself when he saw the bracelet, believed to have been made in the late s or early s.

I don't know about you but I'm nearly fainting. Fergus said it was "unique" and "one of the most important English baby houses in existence". The doll's house was built in and has been in the owner's family ever since, being passed down the female line for generations. Jump directly to the content. Sign in. All Football.