Antiques Roadshow guest fights back tears as he's given 'shocking' value of item

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Antiques Roadshow's expert Lee Young was absolutely captivated by one particularly precious piece on the show.Lee was chatting with a guest aboard the RRS Discovery in Dundee about an exquisite vase with a touching backstory.The emotionally charged repeated episode on Sunday saw the man recall how he inherited the cherished vase from a friend who'd left it for him a decade ago.

He shared: "I inherited it from someone who's very dear to me and he passed away about 10 years ago. "It means a lot to me. He was adamant that I should have it," he revealed, adding depth to the history of the intricate Satsuma ware from Japan that may be a century old.

Speaking of his bond with the deceased, he recounted, "When I worked for him, I always admired it and he asked, 'Well what do you want when I pass away?

Do you want the mirror in the hall or the vase? " With affection, he told Lee, "I said, 'I just don't want you to die, I'm not going to tell you'," reports the Express.