This Plate Is Worth So Much | Antiques Roadshow

All valuations were correct at the time of broadcast. These decorative plates are incredibly valuable but one’s intricate design could significantly drive up its valuation. 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 Darlington in 1990.
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[@BBCAntiquesRoadshow]

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[@chriswalker3093]

a truly sumptuous triangular design

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

Have a Price figured out yet ? 😊

[@HollyB-b3t]

My Dad had this blue Vase in his hall, we went to visit( He is separated) when we were younger and ended up smashing the vase into pieces. He was to have it insured the following week. An expert valued it for him (small fee) at £90,000. He was fuming at us.

[@amyjeffs3269]

The gormless bloke in the tanktop, who was hanging off the painting owners shoulder ,was the highlight for me. Stands with his mouth wide open like hes catching flys,as well as the comedy over the top reaction to the valuation.

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

What a nasty thing to say. Perhaps he is more worthy to enter heaven than you. Shame on you.

[@divaden47]

Exactly what I thought! I wonder what his reaction would be if he were to see this today!!!😦😦😦

[@annfarmer9704]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

tanktops dont have sleeves

[@amyjeffs3269]

@@SNORKYMEDIA wonderful..the world is now a safer place.

[@jwag301]

i never thought id see a plate in 480p and be like "damn thats a nice plate"

[@gypsygirltarot2451]

The woman in the painting looks like an angel. The clothes on the clothesline looks like her wings.

[@LJBSullivan]

I think that's the way the painter wanted you to see her.

[@fiazmultani]

@@LJBSullivan could have been his mother. Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and do good to parents. If any one of them or both of them reach old age, do not say to them: uff (a word or expression of anger or contempt) and do not scold them, and address them with respectful words, (Qur'an 17:23). And We have commended unto man kindness toward parents. His mother beareth him with reluctance, and bringeth him forth with reluctance, and the bearing of him and the weaning of him is thirty months, till, when he attaineth full strength and reacheth forty years, he saith: My Lord! Arouse me that I may give thanks for the favour wherewith Thou hast favoured me and my parents, and that I may do right acceptable unto Thee. And be gracious unto me in the matter of my seed. Lo! I have turned unto Thee repentant, and lo! I am of those who surrender (unto Thee). (Qur'an 46:15).

[@lynnehuff9659]

@@fiazmultani What are you going on about?

[@joaoromero8867]

@@lynnehuff9659 religion

[@Moleskineman]

@@fiazmultani uff

[@DBZluvz]

i was so nervous watching the appraiser handling the plates, he was kinda rough with them.

[@resireg]

Porcelain is very resistant.. that's why they are special

[@ROTHEEPERSONA2002]

Will rather serve some rice in the plates 😅😅😅

[@whatthe3131]

Those plates are stunning, especially the third one.

[@megb9700]

I’m always nervous looking at how the experts handle such delicate old things.

[@JohnyG29]

@@megb9700 I'm sure they know what they're doing.

[@reference2592]

Wtf are you talking about? It's a generic looking plate.

[@annfarmer9704]

I agree....I wonder if the artist only painted ceramic ware ....

[@annfarmer9704]

@@wilfridwibblesworth2613 🤣 I LOVE your name!!!! mine is so plain Jane it's horrific. yours is bright and fun to say! ♥️🙏♥️

[@octowuss1118]

1:53 the reaction of the guy standing behind the painting😲

[@peacedove1182]

A real mouth breather ! 😂

[@russellevans2446]

Wonder how many flies he got in his mouth?? Lmao

[@sideboob6851]

Looked as though he was missing a few chromosomes.

[@chriskell3685]

@@sideboob6851 looked like he was about to go off at any given moment, weird.

[@ats-3693]

Lmao he takes being slack jawed to whole new level.

[@john2478]

My wife and I met Sebastian Pearson on a skiing holiday in Italy and at the time we had no idea that he was a ceramics expert. He was charming company and spoke fluent Italian and was a proficient skier. We had many laughs, he got on well with our hosts at the B @ B and we always had extra large helpings of good food. By the end of the holiday he had our hosts rolling about when he asked them in Italian to adopt him! The other groups in other pensions had neither the food or the service we had as a result... fond memories. He died very young at 58. John

[@jw8360]

Great story-- thank you!

[@moehoward01]

​@@ashleyhyne7027Huh?

[@ukqwerty999]

@@ashleyhyne7027 You don't have to be

[@ukqwerty999]

Nice story John ,sounds like he lived a fun filled life.

[@gabrielgross6498]

Jolly good.

[@stevedickson5853]

The man with his hands in his pockets stood behind the painting with his mouth wide open, opened it a bit wider when it was announced how much its worth lol

[@rada9748]

Yep, noticed him too. The constant state of gasping.

[@christinerenney4657]

@@rada9748 perhaps thinking about making off with it 🤣

[@ats-3693]

He's considering inhaling the plates.

[@royveteto4134]

what would this expert say if hyacinth bucket had shown up with her royal doulton plates

[@sjames304]

Nice!!

[@Yidenia]

🤣🤣🤣

[@stephenburns3678]

This great

[@divinemrsq]

😂

[@paulaolson8956]

With the hand painted periwinkles

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

Imagine a plate still in good shape from the 1700’s. Mostly because no one has used them, which on the other hand is a shame.

[@karinberonius8799]

Ah, but then there are people like me. I often break glasses and plates, so I buy these at the charity shop when I need a new one. They're very pretty, often cheap, and they make your breakfast and dinner look and taste more appetising. A cold beer in a thin hand-blown glass tastes so much better, and so does coffee in one of those fine, almost see-through cups.😄

[@ianwilliams2632]

Many were made as decorations, not to be eaten on.

[@annfarmer9704]

so true....my grandmother had the most amazing dinnerware. she had her everyday dishware, but EVERY holiday she ALWAYS brought out her best. it seemed to make the holidays so much more treasured to me....

[@johnsteed9083]

Love the guy catching flies behind.

[@strgil]

Lol I was going to type the same comment lol

[@bertroost1675]

@@strgil Me too

[@TKM11370]

Came here to make this comment!!! 😂

[@andreak8635]

😂

[@divinemrsq]

I was hoping that there would be a comment about him! I have no idea what that painting was 😂😂😂

[@InsidetheCasino]

Who are the mouth-breather bouncers behind that first guy? 😂🤣😂

[@michaelwoodward5787]

That dudes sweater is a piece of work.

[@brinnlindahl3419]

Thank you! I’m not the only one to notice the dudes sweater 😂

[@votpavel]

i love it

[@windupmerchant1679]

I love how the onlookers look more antique than the antiques themselves.

[@stephenthompson5413]

They look human, but are actually animatronic robots created in the 1880's by Sir Neville Quidley, the inventor of numerous labor-saving machines of the era.

[@tushkafilms1061]

1:18 that guy in the middles face hahahaha

[@SlickSolomon]

Bloody mouth breathers...

[@ItsNeverTooHot4Leather]

@@tushkafilms1061 looking proper bogan, 😂😂😂

[@windupmerchant1679]

​@@tushkafilms1061 that's fkin hilarious, I totally missed that first time 😂

[@sarcasmo57]

I eat my breakfast out of that exact same bowl. Couldn't sell it though due to the sentimental value.

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

plus you wouldnt be able to have cheerios anymore

[@Dizzyfingers2]

I love the mouth-breather standing behind the guy @1:13 ... total Spicoli

[@InsidetheCasino]

“Everyone knew Mrs. Seanserson because she always wore long skirts.” As opposed to what? In that day ALL women wore long skirts. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@thewolfdoctor761]

I hope he wraps the plates up well before he leaves. I was cringing when I heard them clanging together as they were unwrapped.

[@Butters159]

8 grand. thats the heating on for 20 mins in todays money.

[@MileyonDisney]

No more Spaghettios on THAT plate!

[@merryhunt9153]

As a person who loves china, I cringe at the careless way the dealer handles the plates (e.g., at 2:50), letting them get too close together and risking the edges striking one another and causing a chip. He needs to have more respect for beautiful items.

[@toxuthat6988]

I‘m cringing more because of the owner who wrapped the plates with nothing in between them to stop scratching up each other.

[@andreasvedeler80]

Lots of coke in the antiques world

[@gilldanier4129]

I'm cringing, because I love cringing, I'm a great cringer, I come from a long line of cringers

[@Angela-382]

​@@gilldanier4129😂

[@bootsybadger]

@@gilldanier4129 I challenge you to a cringing contest!

[@Shuffler703]

Always loved this show here in America. Some amazing finds people bring in.

[@coolhand1964]

With a valuation in excess of £8k, he better get a piece of newspaper for each plate before he leaves. 😅

[@ianwilliams2632]

This episode was like 1990 too, so an 8k quid value's more like £20,000

[@coolhand1964]

@@ianwilliams2632 Sadly neither person is still with us, I hope who inherited the estate didn't give them to a flea market vendor.

[@annfarmer9704]

@@coolhand1964 oh ....when they don't know that they don't know.... damn that is almost a horror movie that has played out in real life far too many times.... *shudder* 🥺😭🤧

[@stefanboster5728]

Love these vintage episodes.. Of course it would be interesting to know what they’re worth now (there are episodes regarding this).. Antiquing in the UK is always rewarding, since the average age of things is so much older than in the US..

[@bontragerjones]

/hides in Australian

[@ats-3693]

If you look closely you can see what the slack jawed guy in the background had for breakfast 😮

[@williamgullett5911]

Me-“$8,000 huh ?….. give me 6 K and it’s yours”

[@mindaltaren1838]

Oh no,plates are wrapped but nothing between them XD I think I over wrap my 2e plates then :D

[@bobbysilver272]

Back when Britain was British and the BBC liked Britain.

[@vonpfrentsch]

The third plate: Manufactory: Nymphenburg (at that time near Munich, now Munich), painter is Joseph Zächenberger, name of the pattern for all pieces of this set (service) is "Cumberland". This is known to be the most elaborated piece of China worldwide still produced today. One (1) contemporary plate nowadays costs around 4.000 EURO.

[@marjoriecoey3418]

That orange peony and lovely snail. His grandfather had great taste!❤

[@elizamccroskey1708]

My mother's wedding china is very much of this type, I remember whenever she would try to actually use it my father would object because it had bugs on it. I think it's wonderful.

[@wynwilliams911]

So taking into account inflation they have actually lost a lot of value

[@vonpfrentsch]

@@wynwilliams911 This is the normal gap between the "then paid price" and the "current manufactory price".

[@wynwilliams911]

@@vonpfrentsch If the price had remained the same with inflation it would go for 5,859 euros today not 4,000 so in real terms it has lost value :)

[@harbourdogNL]

Nice plates. My Mum's uncle was a very well known china painter at the Worcester China factory, Ernest Phillips. You can find a lot of his work online in auctions. We had a lot of rare pieces and one-offs he did, but I don't know what happened to them.

[@adamant5419]

What was the point of having a well known painter and then losing all his work???! shame.

[@karinberonius8799]

I hope they were loved and used.

[@harbourdogNL]

@@adamant5419 "Point"? Nothing to do with any "point". People move homes. People die. Estates get sold. Not every family member is there to take stuff. And if you want to, you need the permission on the Executor. That's how it goes. I didn't get any of it.

[@harbourdogNL]

@@karinberonius8799 Mostly on display, on the sideboard, though some were used.

[@karinberonius8799]

@@harbourdogNL 😊👍

[@surreyboy84]

£8,000 in 1990. That’s about £18,000 today.

[@hotoneinspai]

Fashions change and while it might have fetched 8,000 then it may not even fetch that today?

[@dallassukerkin6878]

Roughly speaking, if that valuation was given in 1990 then through inflation alone the amount would be around about £23k to £24k. I have been out of the loop for a long time now (I used to be a ceramics curator) so I can't say if the valuation would be changed by the fluctuations in taste and collectability. Tempted to have a search :D

[@priscillaroberts7945]

Ceramic prices have fallen off a cliff. Royal Worcester and Spode especially. Even good old Clarice Cliff and Moorcroft are flattening out. The young are mostly not interested.

[@janbaer3241]

@@priscillaroberts7945 People want disposable items. No one wants historical pieces.

[@RedShirt230]

"Made the equivalent of 8000 pounds." "Oh good heavens." Understatement of the day.

[@patrickbyrne5070]

Especially when this was broadcast- 8k was quite a lot more!

[@jasonbuckley4118]

@@patrickbyrne5070 £18,568.51 = $23118.70 USD that how much £8000 pounds was worth in 1990.

[@hamzanocap]

​@@jasonbuckley4118Price of a car for a single plate is incredible.

[@EricaMTB]

How much is that jumper worth?

[@tripprawlings9284]

The first blokes jumper should be auctioned....to the bin. Bloody awful. Can't believe his mum let him out of the council house wearing that.

[@jefleysen6372]

Can you put the plates in the dishwasher?

[@MJ19438]

This makes me want to maintain my IKEA furniture so much more.

[@HunterShows]

"Simply remarkable. This is a STÆNJØ bookcase from IKEA. Fine cherry finish, with particle board within. Stunning. I could conservatively estimate it, at auction, at £20."

[@annfarmer9704]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jtritzel]

The value of something is only worth what someone feels it's worth paying.

[@skwalka6372]

Exactly. It is called the subjective theory of value and is the basis of modern economics.

[@DavidTa2]

Ooooo. Thats deep. Tell us more 😂😂😂

[@700kotchi]

In other words gold is just a worthless rock as I've always believed.

[@janbaer3241]

I'll give you $3.50 for your house. That is all I declare it to be worth.

[@jtritzel]

@@700kotchi It's worth less than a ham sandwich and a bottle of water if your dying in the Kalahari desert.

[@jakecavendish3470]

Don't understand how those plates are worth so much, I have loads of plates and I got the lot for under £20. Bet his aren't even microwave safe

[@leopardwoman38]

The last plate was gorgeous! 👍👍👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😀💕🌸

[@laverdadesmejor]

That 'appraiser' was making me nervous the way he was handling that valuable plate.

[@JohnCritch-tf4mb]

I've seen a plate taking out of a fishing net off the coast of Newfoundland marked White Star Line

[@nihility.]

That is quite a high evaluation for 1990.

[@kittyfan]

we used to LOVE watching the Antiques roadshow from the UK (we're in Canada) but the American station that showed it substituted the American Antiques etc and that wasn't nearly so interesting.. (nothing is all that old over here) My fave was when a man came in with a painting by one of the first artists to leave Japan and go to Europe to paint....Japan had been a closed society til that point.....and the painting was worth a fortune! (sorry, i think i remember the amount but it would sound a bit weak today.....this was back in the 70's or 80's) "Do you have it on your house insurance?" the expert asked.....and then told them the amount. "Goodness!" the owner said. "We'll have to put the house on the painting insurance!!"

[@MikeStarKaraokeUK]

This is a good plate and worth a fortune. We are going to drop it a few times and you may double your money

[@xerodeus2337]

the way the guy just like rough and tumbles that $8000 plate... he's like one fingerprint from dropping it at all times I swear

[@coolmacatrain9434]

0:11 apparently the jumper he is wearing is now worth about £25 quid Twice what he paid for it, back in 1989!

[@howto1537]

That sweater is LEGENDARY

[@bootsybadger]

Val Doonican would have killed for it!

[@richardspikman7116]

just look at the zombie in the background!

[@andreablamire5509]

He brought them in, stacked on top of one another, wrapped in newspaper!

[@kiknav]

lol, the dude on the left is triping on acids.

[@mikekinsella2822]

I could totally drop smash those plates to bits and not care.

[@joshuajune3024]

8 thousand pounds and homeboy wraps it in newspaper lol.

[@uptoolate2793]

Yeah, definitely don't put those plates in the dishwasher.

[@cizia69]

The sweater not so much

[@robinfereday6562]

Love the guy catching flies in the background when the man talks about the painting

[@mikenb3461]

Came here to say the same thing. And the head nodding when the value was announced as if to say "Well aaaaalright!"

[@probono3284]

The guy standing in the background in the section about the painting is the absolute definition of gormless! 😂

[@ABB-bw6tc]

Rodney what a plonker

[@ats-3693]

Lmao Gary Gormless

[@jjames5324]

How much for that sweater, that's what I wanna know.

[@SahilTla]

I eat nachos on these , i dint knew it was this expensive.

[@scottyk200]

The majority of the plates, of which the third plate was once part, were last used at a Greek wedding in 1964.

[@robw1571]

That guy in the background with his mouth agape, then that reaction when he hears the price of the painting. 🤣

[@SimonLloydGuitar]

The mouthbreather is priceless

[@jeffcolorado]

The way he was whipping those plates around while they were close to each other had me worried.

[@tothelighthouse9843]

It's the beautiful golden hour of an exhausting Friday here in Canada, & I've stumbled into the Antiques Roadshow side of youtube. I know I should get off the sofa & make dinner, & there's a couple phonecalls I should return...but screw it, lol. I need to see a few more beautiful plates, admire some more modest but treasured jewellery lovingly passed from grandmothers to granddaughters, & make a guess at the price on a couple paintings hauled from a couple dusty attics. Bless you, Antiques Roadshow for a moment of calm & pleasure amidst the chaos.

[@ronvavra]

Wow, that plate was 8,000 lbs? Man the guy must be strong the way he was able to hold it.

[@-.-Monster]

The joke being that we built a society capable of finding this funny Just kidding I'm a riot at parties.

[@Essemm52]

Who is we?

[@evelynggomezdebourne8297]

He works out.

[@brusselssprouts560]

I hope he doesn't put them in the dishwasher by accident 🙄

[@johnbaldock6353]

How long has it been in your family?? Well Grandad was a Top Burglar!!🤣

[@edadan]

I was waiting for the Monty Python moment where he starts to say 8 thou..then drops the plate...8 quid.

[@uprrslo]

Please note this is staged. The guy in the background with his mouth open the whole time is not.

[@thorstambaugh1520]

Those plates are spectacular

[@annfarmer9704]

agreed! he kept them in spectacular condition...I wonder if he ever used them?

[@willman43]

8000 pounds $9,935 for all of us Americans.

[@ritahorvath8207]

And €uro and Franken ? I live in Germany and Switzerland ... 🇨🇭 🇩🇪

[@johnandersen8998]

Sell before it gets chipped!

[@j.p.9295]

Dint brake that plate 😮

[@fasthracing]

Surprised they have any antiques in Australia except for maybe a few old XXXX cans.

[@TheJimbles]

Darlington UK chief.

[@stevedickson5853]

..Holden cars..

[@TheGoodLydia]

Great episode, however it was hard to concentrate on the program because of the guy in the background with his mouth wide open. Such a distraction! But funny, though.

[@jiggyfun807]

Hitting a road block researching this if anyone is in the know. Bavarian Continental (he doesn't say the house) and the porcelain artist is Josef Zefenberger, which he meant Zefenberger, Anyone have any clues, I would love to research this

[@jiggyfun807]

Zevenberger?

[@qwkimball]

Joseph Zaechenberger, mid-1760s. Nymphenburg is the porcelain producer. Made for the "electoral court," meaning the court of the Holy Roman Emperor or one of the individual courts of an elector. The Hanoverian kings of the UK were originally Electors of Hanover.

[@jiggyfun807]

@@qwkimball thank you!!

[@qwkimball]

@@jiggyfun807 Not a problem. Once every 10 years or so, that minor in European History comes in handy. 😀

[@lynnehuff9659]

@@qwkimball How were they decorated? I have some pieces that are hand painted (not 1700s haha) but the plates featured look like decals. I realize they aren't. Your knowledge of history is really something.

[@tjrokita1]

Forget the picture, i want that sweater 0:16

[@elroc1]

The guy in the background in the beginning! Lol wide open mouth just “duhhhhh…!” Lol

[@rustytv3023]

That man was manhandling those plates.

[@prozeeterps]

i cringed m ass off

[@emillion4470]

That sweater...uhhh ..jumper is EVERYTHING!

[@FrankQ777]

Trump 2024

[@gdfggggg]

His jumper is a confusing phenomenon. I’m lost for words.

[@Evea-m5i]

That plate is stolen property and belongs to someone that is seeking the correct instructions of the will, 2002, that place is stolen from being dumped by two women . N.B.C.P. and Click Sargent its return is required

[@MrCloud-ob7sh]

I'm surprised he had the plates stacked on top of eachother with no protection between them...

[@HollyB-b3t]

When we were younger we played in the hall and smashed a blue vase into a million pieces! My Dad was devastated as he got it valued at £70.000. He was going to insure it the next day!!!! He was .......... F......k

[@nancyyonce2906]

BEAUTIFUL PLATES !!!!!

[@davidbarger3786]

The way the expert describes the plates, I would've thought he wanted to eat them

[@Hazzar595]

Funny you should say that, look up Peter Serafinowicz's parody of Antiques Roadshow

[@MrRugbylane]

The dude's painting was worth £1500 but his Jumper sold for £5000

[@carls.1000]

Can we get an appraisal on that sweater!

[@SportyMabamba]

“Well the strong geometric forms date it rather precisely to between 1988-1993..”

[@renejean2523]

@@SportyMabamba - lol Yeah, I believe it's a very high-quality reproduction of something from the House of Pringle.

[@sahar1usa]

Where should you show your antiques to an honest expert who could tell you how much it s worth in US?

[@Silver_Owl]

With most things like this, best start with an expert who belongs to a well known professional organization. I'm not an expert, but online searches show the American Society of Appraisers, Appraisers Association of America, and International Society of Appraisers, so you could research those. Then once you've had your first opinion, get a second and third opinion from two other experts, not connected to the first one. Good luck!

[@rickbullock4331]

I think I would have something between the plates to protect them better.

[@wynwilliams911]

That would be around £5,374 to £8,061 in todays money, not bad!

[@dirkbindemann1852]

Was my favourite program but don't like BBC anymore.

[@ArianFable]

The family were trafficked to the streets the owner of the lions the items were trafficked for access and the family from East Yorkshire and York

[@MagnumDB]

The guy with his mouth open the entire time was distracting me.

[@paulschnyder938]

The first owners jumper is probably worth millions.

[@zoltore23]

The guy in the background of the first video needs to close his mouth.

[@englishvoodoo676]

About 55,000 Pounds by todays prices :)

[@jaycee2392]

ya! dis plate flys init!!..sells de plate to freety brink!! in far rus!! strange dat init!!🤓

[@RixtronixLAB]

Nice info ,thanks for sharing it :)

[@nofortunatesonII]

Why do these experts not wear rubber gloves to keep their skin oil off the items?

[@diane5593]

Say in American dollars please , or won't watch