Antiques Roadshow expert stuns guest with heart-wrenching truth behind doll picked up for £18

AN ANTIQUES Roadshow professional surprised a visitor with the heart-wrenching fact behind a doll picked up for £18.

In a traditional episode of the BBC present, professional Nicholas Mitchell met a girl who had purchased a wood doll at a good.

An Antiques Roadshow visitor was left shocked after an professional revealed the heart-wrenching fact behind a wood dollCredit score: BBC

The doll was purchased for £18 at a good and Nicholas mentioned it was from the sixteenth centuryCredit score: BBC

He began by saying: "That is in all probability one of many earliest gadgets I've seen right here as we speak.

"And attention-grabbing because it's one which brings historical past and completely bang in your face. It's so fast and attention-grabbing.

He then requested the girl what she thought the merchandise was and he or she mentioned: "I feel it was made as a doll within the seventeenth century probably."

He replied: "I feel you are proper, and I feel what makes it so emotively vital as this was nearly actually carved by an older man probably."

He then mentioned he thought it was made within the late sixteenth century and added: "A member of a easy farming household approach out within the nation.

"Often he would come into Winchester to see the trendy strolling across the road.

"And he copied their gown, and I feel it's fantastic. It has been performed with, it has been dealt with and it has been liked."

The girl then revealed how a lot she liked the merchandise after shopping for it at a good six months earlier than approaching the present, and Nicholas mentioned: "You could have paid fairly some huge cash."

However he bought an enormous shock when she mentioned she had solely paid £18 for it.

He mentioned: "That's not some huge cash, that's mad. How anybody might promote that for £18."

He then informed her she ought to have been charged a minimum of £500 for it, leaving the girl shocked.

The girl could not consider it when he revealed the doll was value over £500Credit score: BBC

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