Top 10 Antiques Roadshow Items That Left Us Speechless

How can a dusty old vase be worth that much?? In this video, WatchMojo UK counts down the best and most memorable examples of when an item on "Antiques Roadshow" left us speechless! Featuring some truly incredible and rare antiques, sought after collectibles, and one-of-a-kind treasures!
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[@WatchMojoUK]

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[@alosialee]

I love collecting old things. The history and amount of hands these items pass through over the years always amazes me. Mostly I dabble in coins that I find, my oldest coin dated from 1906. One of my most prized possessions is a piece of meteorite carbon dated at 4.6 billion years old. However recently I was delighted to find a bit of jewelry that I've now been wearing. It's an art deco ring with the Kimberly stamp inside the band. 10k gold. And a 4 carat emerald in it. The ring dates somewhere between 1890 and 1922. So it's at least 100 years old which is what I love about it the most.

[@lorrainemcmahon969]

I'm 14 but I love buying them too just a peice of history.

[@MoonSpinners]

It would have been nice to have actually heard the exchanges between the experts and the people who took their belongings to the programme instead of the intrusive and unnecessary voiceover

[@tasselskeep3385]

Then watch the actual roadshow channels instead of clicking on quickies 😭

[@okfalcon6444]

They left out some valuations too. It’s true that the real Roadshow has better clips of course.

[@matthewgoodwin7949]

Yeah, watchmojo sucks balls, it's a fact

[@turntsnaco824]

This is WatchMojo. That's what they do. You don't have to watch it if you don't like it. Find something better to do with your time than complain about something that isn't going to change just because you don't like it.

[@MoonSpinners]

@@turntsnaco824 …over 90 people agree with me, so I’m not the only one who doesn’t like it

[@dianab8008]

I enjoyed this. Thanks

[@katmccoy3516]

I’ve never watched the actual show but now I’m interested

[@jopan1363]

Watching the whole show is so much better ☺️

[@mral8145]

It’s the perfect show to chill to on a Sunday night, gets you ready for the week ahead.

[@danniantagonist]

It's great. Personally I love jewellery, furniture and works of art and there's always lots to get excited about. It's also delightfully scones-in-the-sun, queuingly British and twee. I love all the history and personal stories. Perfect happy viewing, with beautiful goods chucked in 😊

[@artistjoh]

It is well worth it. I personally prefer the style of the UK version compared to the American version, but both are worth watching.

[@andygarrod5611]

My favourite part of this was at 5:00 watching the frustration of the man in hat and shades directly behind Fiona Bruce who can't see the dogs head.

[@davidrichter9980]

my favorite parts were when this narrator shut his yap

[@babsbylow6869]

That frikkin cocoanut looks downright Jurassic.

[@51WCDodge]

The story of Orpin's painting is worth telling. Orpin was commosioned as an Official War artist in the Great War. As such anything he painted belonged to the War Office, now the MOD,. He also aquire a mistress the then 18 year old Yvone Aupic. He painted the picture of Yvonne, and calle dit the German Spy. Short of money he intended to seel the picture spicing the story that he had been ordered to attend the execution by the French of a female spy, and! Shock Horror! She had been.. naked.. when she was shot. The story got out and caused a major political row as the English High Command was incensed. Not that the French had shot a womsn, no problem there, but that the woman's last moments she had been exposed to the letcherous gaze of the Le Poilu (The Hairy Ones, French slang for private soldiers) . The French idignatly denied this had happned, major uproar, tarcing back to Orpin's lie. He was threatned with Court Marshall, and to be Cashiered (Sacked) as Orpin earned his living as a Society painter , he was a memeber of the Royal Accademy, this would have been a disater. Fortunatley he had the backing of Lord Beverbrook, the media mogul in UK at the times, as he owned all the newspapers. So a compromise was reached. Orpin wrote a grovelling apology, the picture was renamed the French Refugee, and is now part of theImperial War Musuem ccollection. It is belived the picture shown here wa spainted by Orpin as a thank you to Beaverbrook. BUT!! Theres more . Yvonne went on to marry Orpin's chaffeur a man known as William Grover Williams, though he had his own past, Willaims became a team driver with Buggatti during the 1920'-30' along with Robert Benoist, a French WW1 air ace. during the Second World war the three of them ran the Chestnut escape line. Williams and Benoist died in concentration camps. Yvonne went on to ne a judge at the Cruft's Dog Sho wand also breed balck and white terriers. The two dogs depicted on the Whisky label of Black and Whit Whisky are reputed to have bene her dogs. And finally, you will sometimes hear the story of the story of the 'Naked Female Spy' attributed to Mati Hari. This is provable not so a sshe was allowed to Catholic nuns to attend her before and at her exceqution. One wrote a report to the Pope detailing how Mata Hari was dressed. If you se any of Orpin's great War paintings that have female figures in, you will see one based on Yvonne.

[@1beni]

love antiques Roadshow

[@thedude2916]

It's beautiful how we humans love old shit .

[@litigioussociety4249]

I hate these fake compilations in KZbin that don't actually include the full clips of the appraisals, since that's all anyone wants to watch. They don't want to listen to some nobody comment on the scene.

[@tasselskeep3385]

😭

[@SchwarzeWitwe2]

For YEARS I've been after a clip of a woman who bought a bag of jewelry at a car boot sale - and one of them was a Faberge brooch.

[@davidhull1481]

I’ve been to the Seychelles and seen the coco-bums. They are able to drift with the tides and travel thousands of miles.

[@borderlineiq]

Interesting, but I thought all coconuts evolved those husks to do exactly that, to survive marine voyages that explained the distribution of coconut palms over a wide area.

[@davidhull1481]

@@borderlineiq Perhaps, but I’ve never heard of anyone marveling over plain old coconuts like they do about coco de mers.

[@borderlineiq]

@@davidhull1481 Oh, I didn't mean to imply the ass coconuts are not a marvel, only that most coconuts are evolved to travel by sea to a new place to grow.

[@jamesbonomy42]

Just like Humans. You rich Dick

[@henryroberts5574]

What a great reward well done you caught the criminal of with his head

[@vixxxenfoxxx3660]

There are still people swearing those pictures are proof of fairies

[@jamesbonomy42]

Two houses are worth 1 million. They are undervalued in my opinion. They are not priceless but close.

[@dorkarama3135]

I don't like how they feature some of the top 10 in the intro. It robs some of the mystery! Probably the only thing about mojo that I dislike.

[@shirleywilliams3540]

I have a beautiful 24k gold box in the form of a treasure chest. made by faberge. it has the face of faberge on the bottom. I have spent seven years restoring the hallmarks. it's absolutely amazing. am so proud of it, and my achievement. am sure the right people will be also. I can't wait to get it to the right people. it's been really hard to do. it's just amazing and the hallmarks have really raised now.

[@ammarraza7327]

I give you ten million

[@Ravestar80]

I was expecting to see the one with the person that found boxes of crap with old pictures in a shed. they thought it was aul rubbish. But there turned out to be sketches from francis Bacon inside.

[@51WCDodge]

I know one guy, at the Chatham filming who told me he had an old propelor in the shed, and it had been suggested by the late Graham Lay, the military expert to go and get it. When i saw him later, in a state of shock, he told me Graham had identfied it as a Zepplin prop, shot down over the Medway, and valued it at £20,000😁

[@tedwarden1608]

They would have been right then.

[@ericlweatherhog]

Inhrewnupnin the auction and antique biz. My father, grandfather and aunt were auctioneers. I love this show. I do pretty good with estimates except on art and some jewelry pieces.

[@D4veJap4n]

Only 50k for a sapphire as big (and old) as the hills surrounded by real diamonds? Eh?

[@netropolis]

I HAVE A SEYCHELLES SEA COCONUT! and it looks EXACTLY like they say in the video. Despite the TAME one depicted in the video.

[@lorrainemcmahon969]

I was comfortable with the dog head 😏

[@gracehowell.]

Many of these have appeared in one of your previous videos. This show has been going for decades; there must be other things you can show?

[@Luna.3.3.3]

I saw the "Angel of The North" in a mini series recently. I find it creepy. I dunno, I guess I'm weird.

[@borderlineiq]

That seems perfectly natural considering it is faceless, which removes humanity and makes it therefore an image of the unknown, and potentially threatening, on a primal level. Add to that the fact that angels in the Hebrew Bible were terrifying creatures in every account, not the cherubs of romantic paintings, then it is appropriate.

[@Luna.3.3.3]

@@borderlineiq Interesting. Thanks for the info. I recently saw another one of the artist's works (I don't remember the name of it) but I found it creepy as well. Although I appreciate it, I don't like it... sort of like Picasso for me.

[@eagleeye2300]

Holy Lord in heaven!! A $50,000 brooch! (That everyone said was fake...Waaah!)

[@leopold7562]

It’s a good job she ignored them all. I suspect that at least some of them were playing the fake card in the hope of picking up a very expensive piece for pennies.

[@lorddaver5729]

£50,000, not dollars.

[@shirleywilliams3540]

reminds me so much of myself. it just goes to show how wrong people can be. I know I just need to show my amazing and beautiful piece to the right people and I will be on my way to becoming rich and famous. the trouble is too many people judging a book by its cover. sometimes we just have to dig very deep and search beyond the cover. that's how we discover the most amazing treasures of the world.

[@lenledwidge5367]

Looks like a boxing glove to me, but what do i know. Thank you

[@harperwelch5147]

I don’t appreciate the Mojo overlay of cute remarks. Present the show and let us experience it as it was broadcasted originally. Thank you.

[@mariaferreras4369]

Aren’t the British the calmest folks in the world?

[@everytimesheeesh]

Angel of the North sure looks like an airplane

[@marshdweller01]

The faerie photographers were cousins, not sisters.

[@sethlogee]

50,000 lbs for a 100 year old giant sapphire surround by diamonds sounds awfully low 🤔

[@bigantplowright5711]

25 tonne sapphire, wow!

[@BardiaSaeedi]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Not lbs but £

[@andrewjones575]

Do viewers expect to see something valuable that's similar to something they own?

[@haroldwilkes6608]

Roaches and fruitcakes will be with us always...

[@victoriamilonas1942]

Why have the narrator blather on when the actual episodes are better "testimony". Time pressure?

[@oneguysopinionyup7252]

I can't belive a so called professional would handle a painting like that. The damage he just did to the paint holding it with his hand then spinning it before placing it on the display. What a absolutely obtuse individual indeed

[@borderlineiq]

That seems like an overreaction. The painting was apparently not floppy, nor disintegrating, All he did was turn it around from one central grip. Apparently, the British Museum didn't slash the price they paid for the painting for the horrendous damage you allege, as they paid over 100,000 for it, to the ecstatic joy of the owners. Yet, despite all that wonderful story, you've managed to find something to take offense by proxy for. Nicely done. Killjoy. Rethink your life.

[@dionlindsay2]

Did he say that Queen Victoria lived for decades? Blimey - is that a long time?

[@lyndseythomas115]

Possibly I have an actual peoce of cinema history. 4 frames from the first science fiction movie La Voyage Dans La Lune by George Melies

[@junekazama7]

Why do none of these people wear gloves when touching these items?? 😣

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Watch Weird Explorer for information on Coco De Mar. Very educational and tells the history and sacredness of the fruit.

[@mgg5418]

Veneer!!

[@arthursmith7713]

800k pounds to build a statue that may be worth a million? I wouldn't say that that is very good. Maybe he meant 800 pounds?

[@sigint99]

It's funny watching peoples reactions when the valuers assess how much their junk is worth and they screw their faces up when it's a lowball amount. Some of the stuff they flog is not fit for the dump.

[@stephenjames674]

This would be so much better if we heard the original and professional presenters, great video shame about the sound, sorry, the narration.

[@regkane-Pluvis]

THE VOICE OVER IS 100% CRAP. IT SPOILS WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT VIDEO. SOMEONE LOVES HIS OWN VOICE

[@AndrewVelonis]

I noped out in less than 2 minutes because all your blathering.

[@applesapplesapples5773]

Oyy oyy the angle

[@deejay1964]

It's a shame we could only here the narrator and not the actual people and valuers, really spoilt a good video.

[@BENBOAG]

Hows about we tell everyone the valuation of the item, before the programme actually tells them? Yeah, lets do that and ruin the video, What a great idea!

[@walkertongdee]

don't other watching they don't tell the price for some of the items, fail...

[@suitejudyblueeyes1]

spoilt by the naration could not bare it ... shame

[@royhornyak8596]

Would be nice if you would shut up and allow the videos to speak for themselves!

[@JM-zk9ou]

The voiceover is annoying. Just show the interactions

[@johnfitzpatrick6544]

Why "explain " what we are watching? Why not just let us watch it?

[@joebuckaroo82]

The fruitcake is just part of the same fruitcake that gets re-gifted year after year.

[@colinwirral1738]

Do you really have to narrate this? Let the experts speak, don’t want to hear your voice

[@tasselskeep3385]

Watch their own platform then don’t winge here you clicked on it

[@yvonnelyon9433]

Wish I could have hear the actual show instead of some annoying commentary! Mojo....... you need to do better!

[@kev3d]

That Angel of the North Sculpture is ugly as hell. But hey, it ain't my money.

[@sapphonymph8204]

UNWATCHABLE!

[@tim040]

Stop the voiceover

[@terrylennard3536]

The voice over detracts from the expert's opinion. Why, why, why?

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Would rather hear the appraiser give the value than you talking over it.

[@rossbrumby1957]

What a waste of time with an annoying voiceover instead of just playing the clips with sound which would have been a lot more interesting and informative.

[@ricthomas9788]

Agreed!

[@samhank]

Lol

[@stand.up.FFS.]

Voice over makes this unwatchable...

[@johnzeszut3170]

A put up job.

[@glynwilliams13266231]

Couldnt get past the narration. Mostly not necessary

[@fillingtime]

Shame you did not let us listen to the roadshow commentary instead of your trite commentary

[@lukeraynorguitar5885]

Why ant you just play the damn clips without all the rubbish

[@itsnotrightyouknow]

Why why do you keep talking, I am sure we can all get the jist of what's going on by listening to the valuer and the member of the public, bei g adults as we are. I had to stop watching, your constant chat annoys me, so. A Big 👎

[@007EnglishAcademy]

Regiment not ''squadron'' you muppet

[@geraldperyman6535]

Did the air force exist in 1900?

[@007EnglishAcademy]

@@geraldperyman6535 No it didn't. But British army regiments did.

[@007EnglishAcademy]

@Robert Stallard A squadron is a sub-group of a cavalry regiment - in the antiques Roadshow the term ''regiment' should have been used.

[@007EnglishAcademy]

@Robert Stallard Indeed.

[@colingarner6175]

Fiona Bruce should stick to this , she’s dreadful on Question Time .

[@lk8856]

Who cares about the dogs head?

[@christopher9727]

John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

[@daveclemens3134]

Terrible video...you yap yap yap and the viewer doesn't get to see or hear what's going on....sigh

[@IMD1IAM]

hell no,will not sub

[@conradvancouver7276]

Mojo blab crap.

[@giuseppenero110]

Lose the youtube commentator

[@glastonbury4304]

Mojo you talk to much on the vids ...just sayin'